US 771. United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, 12 June 2012
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The court discusses which awards are considered non-domestic even if rendered in the State of enforcement (international element, lex mercatoria).
Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1)
214-216
Field of application
217
The court discusses the meaning and effect of the referral of the resolution of disputes to arbitration, including: who can ask for referral and when, whether a party has waived its right to request arbitration, the defense that there was no contract at all; whether there was a condition precedent to the commencement of arbitration (e.g. mediation), stay of proceedings v. compelling arbitration, and national procedural specificities such as remand and removal (US), effect of class action. etc.