First Circuit· 9/18/2002

In Re Atlantic Pipe Corp.

Citations

304 F.3d 135
53 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1206
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 19175
2002 WL 31051583

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holding that district court had inherent authority to mandate mediation even where mediation was not permitted under Rule 16 because no statute or local rule authorized it
noting that a showing of a risk of irreparable harm and palpable error \typically apply only to supervisory mandamus\
noting that Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998 requires party consent for a district court to order arbitration but not to order nonbinding mediation
explaining that some district courts have prohibited some forms of ADR
concluding mandamus was “prudent under the circumstances”
“[I]t is trite but often true that justice delayed is justice denied.”

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Judges: Boudin, Selya, Greenberg

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