Louisiana High Court: Statute Includes Arbitration Claims For Money Damages

(May 13, 2019, 1:31 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In answering a certified question from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Louisiana Supreme Court on May 8 held that a Louisiana nonresident attachment statute is broad enough to include a creditor’s action to compel arbitration where the goal of the case is to obtain a money judgment against a debtor (Stemcor USA Incorporated v. CIA Siderurgic a Do Para Cosipar, et al., No. 2018-CQ-1728, La. Sup., 2019 La. LEXIS 1350)....

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