UNITED STATES 144
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XIX (1994)
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United States
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Full text decision UNITED STATES 144
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US 144. United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 18 October 1989
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Sales or purchase confirmation
The court discusses arbitration agreements contained in a sales and purchase confirmation and whether a tacit acceptance thereof is sufficient.
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Field of application
221
Law applicable to "Null and void", etc. (for formal validity and applicable law, see Art. II, ¶204)
The court discusses which law – lex fori, lex contractus, law of the State where the award will be made – applies specifically to determining whether an agreement to arbitrate is “null and void etc.“, and, by extension, which law applies to determining the validity of arbitration agreements.