US 121. United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 29 March 1991
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201
The court discusses whether the dispute falls within the wording of the arbitration agreement; and whether claims in tort fall within the scope of the agreement.
Scope of arbitration agreement
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The court discusses how to interpret the Convention’s requirement that the agreement is not null and void etc., as well as specific cases of invalidity: e.g., lack of consent (misrepresentation, duress, or fraud), vague wording of the arbitral clause; other terms of the contract contradict the intention to arbitrate, etc.
"Null and void", etc.
223
The court discusses whether a certain dispute could be settled by arbitration, and the law applicable to that determination.
Arbitrability (see also Art. V(2) sub ground a. "arbitrability", ¶519)