RELIANCE INS. CO. v. RAYBESTOS PRODUCTS CO.

No. 03-1494, 03-1495.

382 F.3d 676 (2004)

RELIANCE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. RAYBESTOS PRODUCTS CO., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. and Westchester Fire Insurance Co., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Claflin (argued), Brian C. Crist, Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Brian E. Mahoney (argued), Cohn & Baughman, Alfred L. Buchanan (argued), Fedota, Childers & May, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Once again, we confront a case in which parts of a complex situation are arguably subject to arbitration, while other parts are not. The district court thought that the arbitration agreements at issue did not encompass one part of the dispute, and thus that judicial proceedings should proceed in parallel to the arbitral proceedings. In our view, however, this construes the agreement to arbitrate too narrowly. We therefore reverse and...

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