Atsa of California, Inc., Plaintiff/cross-Claimant/appellant v. Continental Insurance Co., Etc. v. Cairo General Contracting Co., Cross-Defendant/appellee. Hamed Abulhassan, Counter-Defendant/appellant v. Cairo General Contracting Co., Cross-Defendant/appellee

702 F.2d 172 ATSA OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Plaintiff/Cross-Claimant/Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO., etc., Defendant, v. CAIRO GENERAL CONTRACTING CO., Cross-Defendant/Appellee. Hamed ABULHASSAN, Counter-Defendant/Appellant, v. CAIRO GENERAL CONTRACTING CO., Cross-Defendant/Appellee. Nos. 81-6017, 81-6026. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 27, 1982. Decided March 21, 1983. Alan M. Mund, Fulop & Hardee, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff/cross-claimant/appellant. Stephen T. Owens, Graham & James, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert E. Currie, Latham & Watkins, Newport Beach, Cal., for cross-defendant/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ANDERSON and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, * District Judge. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 ATSA of California, Inc. ("ATSA"), and Hamed Abulhassan, an officer of ATSA, appeal the district court's order staying all proceedings and directing all parties to submit to arbitration in accordance with the written contract between ATSA and Cairo General Contracting Co. ("Cairo"). 1 The stay order is appealable under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292 (a)(1) in…