Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.

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• 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[.]”
• “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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Cited by

139 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Dale S. COENEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. W. PRESSPRICH & CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Stirling Homex Corporation, Defendant
  Second Circuit· 1972-01-12· cited 185×
• Julius W. Erving v. The Virginia Squires Basketball Club, a Limited Partnership
  Second Circuit· 1972-10-24· cited 174×
• Lummus Company v. Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc., Lummus Company v. Honorable Archie O. Dawson
  Second Circuit· 1962-02-19· cited 169×
• Carcich v. Rederi A/B Nordie
  Second Circuit· 1968-01-05· cited 167×
• Hanes Corporation, a North Carolina Corporation v. Julien Millard
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-01-30· cited 156×
• Ericksen, Arbuthnot, McCarthy, Kearney & Walsh, Inc. v. 100 Oak Street
  California Supreme Court· 1983-12-29· cited 151×
• Keating v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1982-06-10· cited 142×
• N&d Fashions, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation and Nelly Don, Inc., a Missouri Corporation v. Dhj Industries, Inc., a New York Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-02-10· cited 131×
• Hilti, Inc. v. John Oldach
  First Circuit· 1968-03-28· cited 130×
• Marcy Smiga v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., and Raymond B. Anderson
  Second Circuit· 1985-06-28· cited 124×
• Matterhorn, Inc. v. Ncr Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-06-06· cited 117×
• Genesco, Inc. v. Kakiuchi
  Second Circuit· 1987-04-01· cited 117×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,584 Avc Nederland B v. V. Atrium Investment Partnership, Pieter Kuik and Robert K. Lenting, Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1984-07-19· cited 114×
• In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated v. Helen Echo Haydu
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-02-19· cited 113×
• Sweater Bee by Banff, Ltd. v. Manhattan Industries, Inc. And Bayard Shirt Corporation, and Don Sophisticates, Inc. And Herbert Rounick
  Second Circuit· 1985-02-06· cited 113×
• In Re Mercury Construction Corporation, Mercury Construction Corporation v. The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-08-12· cited 112×
• Hercules & Co. v. Shama Restaurant Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-08-21· cited 110×
• In Re Salomon Inc. Shareholders' Derivative Litigation
  Second Circuit· 1995-10-13· cited 107×
• Hamilton Life Insurance Company of New York v. Republic National Life Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1969-03-12· cited 106×
• American Safety Equipment Corp. v. J. P. Maguire & Co.
  Second Circuit· 1968-03-20· cited 106×

Other cases named Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-07