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Nature of Suit Code: 130
Nature of Suit: Miller Act
Cause of Action: 40:270 Miller Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

CARAWAY SHEET METAL 

& CONSTRUCTION INC. 

v. No. 4:13-cv-512-DPM 

TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY 

COMPANY OF AMERICA; HARRY 

PLAINTIFF 

PEPPER & ASSOCIATES INC.; BRADSHAW 

CRANE RENTAL LLC, dfb/a Dick Mooney 

Crane Rental; and UNITED RENTALS NORTH 

AMERICA INC. DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Parties beyond Pepper and Caraway may participate in the arbitration. 

And its makes good sense for them to do so. But absent some agreement by 

other parties to arbitrate, the Court will not compel their participation. 

Arbitration is wholly a matter of how X, Y, or Z have agreed to handle 

disputes. Nitro Distributing, Inc. v. Alticor, Inc., 453 F.3d 995, 999 (8th Cir. 

2006). While there are some exceptions to this principle, Reid v. Doe Run 

Resources Corp., 701 F.3d 840, 846 (8th Cir. 2012), Caraway has not argued that 

any of those exceptions apply. The Court's prior Order covered only the 

signatories to the arbitration agreement. Motion to clarify, NQ 37, granted. 

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So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. {I 

United States District Judge 

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