Order Declining to Interfere in Arbitration is Not Appealable, 7th Cir. Rules

CHICAGO — A court’s order declining to interfere in the conduct of an arbitration is not an order denying a petition under Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act to order arbitration to proceed and is therefore not appealable, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled.

In a July 30 opinion, the appellate court explained that a party's request to tell an arbitrator how to act in a pending proceeding is not a request to compel arbitration.

Employers that withdraw from underfunded multiemployer pension plans in whole or in part must pay their share of the shortfall. …