US 920

09 - 08 - 2017

US 920

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XLII (2017)
Jurisdiction United States
Summary

US 920. Brittania-U Nigeria, Limited v. Chevron USA, Incorporated, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 9 August 2017

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214 Agreement providing for arbitration in another State
215 Agreement providing for arbitration within forum's State
216 No place of arbitration designated
222

The court discusses the principle of competence-competence, including whether the parties “intended to have arbitrability decided by an arbitrator”, and the separability of the arbitration agreement from the main contract.

Arbitrator's competence and separability of the arbitration clause
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