Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Western Seas Shipping Co., No. 83-2411
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | Before WALLACE, SKOPIL, and NORRIS; NORRIS |
| Citation | 743 F.2d 635 |
| Parties | WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WESTERN SEAS SHIPPING CO., Eastern Seas Shipping Co., and Karlander (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Respondent-Appellee. |
| Docket Number | No. 83-2411 |
| Decision Date | 26 November 1984 |
Page 635
v.
WESTERN SEAS SHIPPING CO., Eastern Seas Shipping Co., and
Karlander (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Respondent-Appellee.
Ninth Circuit.
Decided June 22, 1984.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Aug. 16, 1984.
Certiorari Denied Nov. 26, 1984.
See 105 S.Ct. 544.
Page 636
Richard H. Sommer, Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.
John A. Flynn, Graham & James, D. Thomas McCune, Lillick, McHose & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Before WALLACE, SKOPIL, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.
NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Weyerhaeuser Company (Weyerhaeuser) appeals the district court's denial of its petition to compel the consolidation of two maritime arbitrations into a single arbitration before five arbitrators.
Appellee Trans-Pacific Shipping Co. * (Trans-Pacific) owns two ships that were time chartered by Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser subsequently subchartered the ships to appellee Karlander Australia Party Ltd. (Karlander). During the pendency of the subcharter, a dispute arose concerning cargo stowage restrictions.
Under the standard arbitration clause in the subcharter, Karlander demanded arbitration with Weyerhaeuser before a board of three commercial arbitrators over the losses it claims to have suffered as a result of Weyerhaeuser's allegedly unreasonable refusals to permit underdeck container stowage. Subsequently, under an identical clause in the headcharter, Weyerhaeuser demanded arbitration before three arbitrators with Trans-Pacific over Weyerhaeuser's right to indemnity from Trans-Pacific for any losses that Karlander may recover in its arbitration.
Weyerhaeuser petitioned the district court to compel consolidation of the two arbitrations into a single arbitration before five arbitrators. Both Trans-Pacific and Karlander opposed the petition to compel consolidated arbitration. The district court denied the petition, 568 F.Supp. 1220 (N.D.C.Cal.1983), and Weyerhaeuser appealed. We have jurisdiction of Weyerhaeuser's appeal under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291.
Weyerhaeuser asserts that this Court has the power to compel consolidation under the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Secs. 1-14, and under Fed.R.Civ.P. 81(a)(3) and 42(a). The principal authority relied upon by Weyerhaeuser for this proposition is Compania Espanola de Petroleos, S.A. v. Nereus Shipping, S.A., 527 F.2d 966 (2d Cir.1975), cert. denied, 426 U.S. 936, 96 S.Ct. 2650, 49 L.Ed.2d 387 (1976).
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