US 881
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XLII (2017)
Jurisdiction
United States
Excerpt
Excerpt decision US 881
Summary
US 881. Ashok Kumar v. Carnival Corporation, d/b/a Carnival Cruise Lines, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Case no. 12-23175-CIV-SEITZ/SIMONTON, 1 July 2013
Related topics
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Agreement providing for arbitration in another State
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Agreement providing for arbitration within forum's State
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No place of arbitration designated
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Law applicable to "Null and void", etc. (for formal validity and applicable law, see Art. II, ¶204)
The court discusses which law – lex fori, lex contractus, law of the State where the award will be made – applies specifically to determining whether an agreement to arbitrate is “null and void etc.“, and, by extension, which law applies to determining the validity of arbitration agreements.