Louis Dreyfus Negoce S.A. v. Blystad Shipping & Trading Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that only the exact phrase “arising under” limits arbitration to a literal interpretation or performance of the contract
• noting that phrase “[a]ny dispute arising from the making, performance or termination of this [agreement],” while containing limiting language, was “a broad arbitration clause”
• stating that broad arbitration clauses create a presumption of arbitrability for collateral matters which implicate ‘‘issues of contract construction or the parties’ rights and obligations under it”
• finding that a clause providing for arbitration of “[a]ny dispute arising from the making, performance or termination” of a contract is a broad clause
• reasoning that words and phrases alone do not dictate whether a clause is broad or narrow, although words of limitation typically indicate a narrower clause
• explaining that parties do not surrender their rights under an original contract unless and until a modification is established

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).