US 630

02 - 11 - 2007

US 630

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIII (2008)
Jurisdiction United States
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US 630. United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2 November 2007

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The court discusses whether the Convention applies to domestic arbitration and to proceedings for the setting aside of domestic awards. 

Convention's applicability in other cases
501

The court discusses questions relating to the general approach taken by the Convention to the grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement, including its pro-enforcement bias, as well as the system of the Convention, under which recognition and enforcement may only be denied on seven listed grounds and the petitioner has only the obligations set out in Art. IV.

Grounds are exhaustive
505 Incapacity of party
511

Due process: The court discusses various irregularities affecting due process, including letters not sent, names of arbitrators or experts not communicated, language of proceedings and communications, etc.

"Otherwise unable to present his case"
512 Ground c: Excess by arbitrator of his authority - Excess of authority
518

Public policy: The court discusses the meaning of (international as compared to domestic) public policy, generally defined as the basic notions of morality and justice of the enforcement State.

Paragraph 2 - Distinction domestic-international public policy
524

Public policy: The court discusses the effect of other alleged violations of public policy on the recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award, such as contradictory reasons, manifest disregard of the law (US), etc.

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