Mayor of Jersey City v. Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Ry. Co.

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• holding that the defendant waived its right to compel arbitration after unreasonable delay and causing economic injury to the plaintiff
• finding that plaintiff was not prejudiced by pre-trial discovery where defendant “obtained no facts in discovery that would have been unavailable in arbitration”
• finding that plaintiff was not prejudiced by pre-trial discovery where defendant “obtained no facts in discovery that would have been unavailable in arbitration”
• finding that a party waived arbitration when it did not “invoke[] the arbitration clause at the outset of the litigation” but rather engaged in the “energetic pursuit of discovery”
• stating that all of the above tests are not particularly helpful and that the key inquiry is what was the reasonable expectation of the parties who commit themselves to be bound by the provisions of the arbitration agreement
• finding no prejudice where the only documents produced were unnecessary copies of twenty-three dye orders

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