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SMOOTHLINE LTD. v. NORTH AMERICAN FOREIGN TRADING

Nos. 00-7994, 00-7966.

249 F.3d 147 (2001)

SMOOTHLINE LTD. and Greatsino Electronic Ltd., Petitioners-Appellees, v. NORTH AMERICAN FOREIGN TRADING CORP., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: May 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES L. BROCHIN, Gage & Pavlis, New York, N.Y. (Nora A. Henke, on the brief) for Petitioners-Appellees.

RICHARD H. DOLAN, Schlam Stone & Dolan, New York, N.Y. (Jeffrey M. Eilender, on the brief) for Respondent-Appellant.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, CALABRESI & SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Senior Circuit Judge:

As Judge Feinberg observed in Conticommodity Serv., Inc. v. Philipp & Lion, 613 F.2d 1222, 1224 (2d Cir.1980), "Arbitration is intended to provide the parties to a dispute with a speedy and relatively inexpensive trial before specialists." Despite this well-recognized fact, courts continue to be confronted with herculean efforts to avoid resolution of disputes through arbitration....

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