US 416

11 - 10 - 2002

US 416

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXVIII (2003)
Jurisdiction United States
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US 416. United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 11 October 2002

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214-216 Field of application
220

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.
US 416