UNITED STATES 634
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Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIII (2008)
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US 634. United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, 25 January 2008
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102
Arbitral award not considered as domestic (paragraph 1)
The court discusses which awards are considered non-domestic even if rendered in the State of enforcement (international element, lex mercatoria).
301
Procedure for enforcement in general
The court discusses the principle that the procedure for the enforcement of awards under the Convention is governed by the lex fori, as well as procedural issues (such as the competent enforcement court) not falling under the specific cases of ¶¶ 302-307.