VIRGINIA CAROLINA TOOLS v. INTERNATIONAL TOOL

No. 92-1772.

984 F.2d 113 (1993)

VIRGINIA CAROLINA TOOLS, INCORPORATED; American Metal Industries, Incorporated, d/b/a American Metal Industry Wholesalers; The Roi Group, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL TOOL SUPPLY, INCORPORATED; Curtis Park, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Patrick McLoughlin, Jr., Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, NC, argued (Joseph H. Nanney, Jr., Bradley E. Pearce, Moore & Van Allen, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alice Carmichael Richey, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, Charlotte, NC, argued (Clifford R. Jarrett, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether a dispute over the duration of a written option agreement having a broad arbitration clause and a facially unambiguous termination date is for the court or the arbitrator. When the party seeking to exercise the option sought a preliminary injunction to compel arbitration of the dispute and for interim relief pending resolution of the dispute, the district court denied the motion and...

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