The Court held that it had jurisdiction over a petition to enjoin arbitration under the New York Convention. Although the Convention did not explicitly authorize a court to enjoin a pending arbitration, and the Ninth Circuit had not yet determined this issue, the Court agreed with other district courts that the plain language of Sect. 203 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) vests district courts with jurisdiction over an action or proceeding falling under the New York Convention, and Sect. 202 in turn provides the definition of an arbitration agreement or arbitral award that falls under the Convention. The arbitration agreement in the present case fell under the Convention – since it arose from a legal relationship which was commercial in nature and not entirely domestic in scope – and consequently the Court had jurisdiction.