Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.
- Decided
- February 23, 1983
- Docket
- 81-1203
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 9,657 timesSuperseded by statute (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: superseded by statute, superseded on other grounds (not yet verified) · Balcom v. Seattle Service Bureau, Inc.
What later courts said
- holding that a stay order is appealable because it amounts to a refusal to hear and decide a case — Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance (1996)
- holding that “questions of arbitrability must be addressed with a healthy regard for the federal policy favoring arbitration” — Catherine Ingle v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., a Virginia Corporation (2003)
- holding that a district court may not grant a stay pending arbitration absent exceptional circumstances — State Auto Ins. Companies v. Summy (2000)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case, commenced as a petition for an order to compel arbitration under § 4 of the United States Arbitration Act of 1925 (Arbitration Act or Act), 9 U. S. C. §4, presents the question whether, in light of the policies of the Act and of our decisions in Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U. S. 800 (1976), and Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance Co., 437 U. S. 655 (1978), the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina properly stayed this diversity action pending resolution of a concurrent state-court suit. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the stay. 656 F. 2d 933, rehearing denied, 664 F. 2d 936 (1981). We granted certiorari. 455 U. S. 937 (1982). We affirm.
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Statutes cited
- 9 U.S.C. § 4
- 28 U.S.C. § 1291
- 28 U.S.C. § 1651
- 28 U.S.C. § 1292
- 43 U.S.C. § 666
- 28 U.S.C. § 1345
- 9 U.S.C. § 3
- 9 U.S.C. § 2
- 28 U.S.C. § 2106
- 9 U.S.C. § 6
And 3 more sections cited in the full opinion.
Cite this
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp., 460 U.S. 1 (1983)Read the full opinion
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