Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. v. Saint Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the FAA does not independently confer subject matter jurisdiction,” but instead “provides federal jurisdiction over actions to confirm or vacate an arbitral award that is governed by the Convention.”
• noting that the “evident- partiality standard is, at its core, directed to the question of bias” and that “‘adverse rulings alone rarely evidence partiality”
• explaining that 9 U.S.C. § 203 confers “federal jurisdiction over actions to confirm or vacate an arbitral award that is governed by the Convention”
• stating that § 203 provides “jurisdiction over actions to . . . vacate an arbitral award”
• explaining that 9 U.S.C. § 203 confers “federal jurisdiction over actions to confirm or vacate an arbitral award that is governed by the Convention”
• noting that the “evident- partiality standard is, at its core, directed to the question of bias” and that “‘adverse rulings alone rarely evidence partiality”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).