Trustees of the District Council No.9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund v…
Trustees of the District Council No.9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund v. Sunlab Contractors Inc.
- Analisa Torres
- 1:25-cv-00764
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Trustees v. Sunlab Contractors, Judge Torres set deadlines for confirming an arbitration award and required personal service.
The petitioners and Sunlab Contractors Inc.; the order sets their filing, service, and response deadlines in the petition to confirm an arbitration award.
What happened
Trustees of the District Council No.9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund and the other petitioners asked the court to confirm an arbitration award against Sunlab Contractors Inc.
The order treated the petition like a request for summary judgment and set deadlines for the petitioners’ supporting materials, Sunlab’s opposition, and the petitioners’ reply.
Judge Analisa Torres also required the petitioners to personally serve Sunlab with the petition and order, then file proof of service; the order did not decide whether to confirm the award.
The detailed version
- Trustees of the District Council No.9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund v… · No. 1:25-cv-00764
- Analisa Torres
- Jan. 29, 2025
Background
The petitioners—the Trustees of the District Council No.9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund, the Trustees of the District Council No. 9 Painting Industry Annuity Fund, and the District Council No. 9 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, A-F.L.-C.LO.—filed a petition on January 27, 2025, asking the court to confirm an arbitration award against Sunlab Contractors Inc.
Order
The court stated that proceedings to confirm an arbitration award are treated like a motion for summary judgment. It ordered the petitioners to file and serve a statement under Local Civil Rule 56.1 and supporting materials by March 4, 2025. Sunlab was required to file opposition papers by March 25, 2025, and the petitioners could file a reply by April 8, 2025.
The court also ordered the petitioners to personally serve Sunlab with the petition and the order by February 14, 2025, and to file an affidavit proving service by February 18, 2025. Judge Analisa Torres did not decide whether the arbitration award should be confirmed.
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