Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. v. Ssangyong Corporation

708 F.2d 1458 MEDITERRANEAN ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SSANGYONG CORPORATION, a Korean corporation, Defendant, Ssangyong Construction Company, Ltd., a Korean corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 82-5779. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued April 7, 1983. Submitted April 12, 1983. Decided June 23, 1983. Gary Phillips, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Donald F. Woods, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ANDERSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, * District Judge. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Defendant-appellant Ssangyong Construction Co. (Ssangyong) appeals the district court's interlocutory order staying the action and sending to arbitration certain issues raised in a complaint filed by plaintiff-appellee Mediterranean Enterprises, Inc. (MEI). Ssangyong contends that the district court improperly interpreted the scope of the arbitration clause in a contract between the parties. We affirm the district court's order. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2 MEI, a California corporation, provides engineering…