In The Matter Of The Complaint Of Sedco, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the Convention was “negotiated pursuant to the Constitution’s [t]reaty power” and made “the highest law of the land” by its enabling legislation
• district court erroneously refused to stay litigation and compel arbitration although third party joined suit between parties to arbitration agreement
• “[A]s a general rule, whenever the scope of an arbitration clause is in question, the court should construe the clause in favor of arbitration.”
• district court erroneously refused to stay litigation and compel arbitration although third party joined suit between parties to arbitration agreement
• “[a]bsent allegations of fraud in the inducement of the arbitration clause itself, arbitration must proceed when an arbitration clause on its face appears broad enough to encompass the party’s claims”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).