US 659

16 - 01 - 2009

US 659

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIV (2009)
Jurisdiction United States
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US 659. United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, 16 January 2009

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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.
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