Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.
364 U.S. 801
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1960-08-23
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- no waiver even though motion for stay was made nine months after commencement of litigation, and settlement discussions and discovery were conducted in the interim
- no waiver where motion for stay not made until nine months after right to arbitration asserted in answer
- “If this arbitration clause was induced by fraud, there can be no arbitration; and if the party charging this fraud shows there is substance to his charge, there must be a judicial trial of that question before a stay can issue[.]”
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 166 opinions
Certiorari, 362 U. S. 909, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Writ of certiorari dismissed pursuant to stipulation of counsel under Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court.