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United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, Southern Division, 22 November 2016

 (Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC et al. v. Converteam SAS, a foreign corporation now known as GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp.)

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See also United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, Southern Division, 30 January 2017

(Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC et al. v. Converteam SAS, a foreign corporation now known as GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp.)

UNITED STATES 908 B

and 

United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, Southern Division, 3 February 2017

(Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC et al. v. Converteam SAS, a foreign corporation now known as GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp.)

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Related topics
214 Agreement providing for arbitration in another State
215 Agreement providing for arbitration within forum's State
216 No place of arbitration designated
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.

 Referral to arbitration in general
226

Multi-party disputes: The court discusses under which conditions non-signatories are covered by an arbitration agreement entered into by another party.

 Third parties (see also Art. I sub F "problems concerning the identity of the respondent", ¶106)
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