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PORTER HAYDEN CO. v. CENTURY INDEM. CO.

Civil Action No. AMD 96-2012.

939 F.Supp. 424 (1996)

PORTER HAYDEN COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CENTURY INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

September 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Wright, Dwight W. Stone, II, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, MD, for plaintiff.

John P. Sweeney, Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore, MD, John G. Niles, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

DAVIS, District Judge.

This action involves a dispute between a former vendor of asbestos products and one of its liability insurers, and raises interesting questions as to the interplay among federal arbitration policy, pre-emption principles, choice-of-law doctrine and rules of contract interpretation. Pending before the Court is defendant's motion to compel arbitration. No hearing is necessary. For the reasons set forth below, I shall compel...

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