Ets-Hokin & Galvan, Inc. v. United States

350 F.2d 871 ETS-HOKIN & GALVAN, INC., a California corporation, and The Travelers Indemnity Company, a Connecticut corporation, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, for the Use and Benefit of ALBERT S. PRATT, INC., a corporation, Appellee. No. 19828. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Sept. 20, 1965. Laurence Walker, Feldman & Waldman, San Francisco, Cal., Langerman & Begam, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants. Michael T. LeSage, Pasadena, Cal., for appellee. Before CHAMBERS, BASTIAN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 We hold on the facts here that the order of the district court denying a stay of proceedings pending arbitration was appealable. We interpret Shanferoke Coal and Supply Corp. v. Westchester Service Corp., 293 U.S. 449 , 55 S.Ct. 313 , 79 L.Ed. 583 , and Baltimore Contractors v. Bodinger, 348 U.S. 176 , 75 S.Ct. 249 , 99 L.Ed. 233 , as permitting the appeal of the order refusing to stay this action under the Miller Act pending arbitration. 2 We find no sound distinction between whether an action is one at law or is founded upon a statute and none is suggested in Baltimore Contractors, supra. Compare Wilko v. Swan, 2nd Cir. 1953, 201 F.2d…