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· 1/31/2000

DiMercurio v. Sphere Drake Insurance, PLC

Citations

  • 202 F.3d 71
  • 2000 A.M.C. 2012
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 1185
  • 2000 WL 72083

How courts have described this case

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  • noting “the modern view that arbitration agreements do not divest courts of jurisdiction, though they prevent courts from resolving the merits of arbitrable disputes”
  • arbitration agreements do not divest courts of jurisdiction but simply prevent them from resolving the merits of arbitrable disputes
  • null 16 and void clause under the Convention limited to standard breach-of-contract defenses and citing 17 with approval case rejecting expansive interpretation of null and void to include public policy

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Judges: Selya, Coffin, Boudin

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