· 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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