Recyclers of Australia Pty Ltd v Hettinga Equipment Inc [2000] FCA 547

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Recyclers of Australia Pty Ltd v Hettinga Equipment Inc [2000] FCA 547 ARBITRATION – stay of proceeding – whether determination of whether a matter is capable of settlement by arbitration is to be determined by reference to the issues pleaded or to the subject matter of the underlying dispute – whether claims severable from, independent of or ancillary to the arbitrable claims should be stayed – whether under the law of Iowa claims of misrepresentation in respect of pre-contractual and post-contractual representations is a dispute arising under the contract WORDS AND PHRASES – "matter" International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) s 7(2) Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. 1 et seq Iowa Uniform Arbitration Act, I.C.A. Chapter 679A Flakt Australia Ltd v Wilkins & Davies Construction Co Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 243 - considered Allergan Pharmaceuticals Inc v Bausch and Lomb Inc (1985) 7 ATPR 40-636 - considered Tanning Research Laboratories Inc v O'Brien (1990) 169 CLR 332 - applied Hooper v Kirella (1999) 167 ALR 358 – cited IBM Australia v National Distribution Services [1991] 22 NSWLR 466 – cited Francis Travel Marketing Pty Ltd v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 160 – cited Amin Rasheed Shipping Corp v Kuwait Insurance Co [1984] 1 AC 50 - cited Prima Paint Corporation v Flood & Conklin Manufacturing. Co. 388 U.S. 395 (1967) – cited Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital v Mercury Construction Corporation 460 U.S. 1 (1983) - considered Southland v Keating 465 U.S. 1 (1984) - cited Mastrobuono v Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc 514 U.S. 52 (1995) - cited Doctor's Associates Inc v Casarotto 517 U.S. 681 (1996) - considered Wesley Retirement Services Inc v Hansen Lind Meyer Inc 594 N.W. 2d 22 (Iowa 1999) – considered Volt Information Sciences Inc v Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 489 U.S. 468 (1989) – considered Iowa Telephone Association v City of Hawarden 589 N.W. 2d 245 (Iowa 1999) - cited Griffin v Semperit of America Inc 414 F.Supp. 1384 (Sd. Tex. 1976) – considered In re Kinoshita and Co 287 F.2d 951 (2d Cir. 1961) – considered Mediterranean Enterprises Inc v Ssangyong Corporation 708 F.2d 1458 (1983) - considered Tracer Research v National Environmental Services Co 42 F.3d 1292 (9th Cir. 1994) – cited Weinrott v Carp 298 N.E.2d 42 (1973, N.Y.) – cited Terra International Inc v Mississippi Chemical Corporation 119 F.3d 688 (1997) – applied Paper Products Pty Ltd v Tomlinsons (Rochdale) Ltd (1993) 43 FCR 439 - cited Hi-Fert Pty Ltd v Kiukiang Maritime Carriers Inc (1998) 159 ALR 142 - cited Dodwell & Co (Aust) Pty Ltd v Moss Security Ltd Federal Court, Wilcox J (unreported, 11 April 1990) – considered RECYCLERS OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v HETTINGA EQUIPMENT INC VG 565 OF 1999 JUDGE: MERKEL J PLACE: MELBOURNE DATE: 30 MAY 2000