US 770

10 - 04 - 2012

US 770

Yearbook Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXVII (2012)
Jurisdiction United States
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US 770. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 10 April 2012

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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.
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