St. Lawrence Explosives v. Worthy Bros. Pipeline

St. Lawrence Explosives v. Worthy Bros. Pipeline,
916 F.Supp. 187 (N.D.N.Y. 1996)
The Petitioner, St Lawrence, requested confirmation and judgment to be entered upon an arbitration award in favor of St Lawrence and against the Respondent, Worthy Brothers.
St Lawrence Explosives and Worthy Brothers Pipeline entered into a subcontract for construction of a gas pipeline within New York which would connect into an international pipeline. The subcontract was a Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor: AIA Document A401. Article 6.1 of the subcontract provided that if the Prime Contract did not provide for arbitration, then disputes would be resolved in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules (“AAA Rules”). Article 6.4 provided that the award shall be final and judgment may be entered upon it. But, Article 6.4 in the above subcontract agreement was crossed out.
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