Sigval Bergesen, as Owners of the M/t Sydfonn, Frostfonn and Nordfonn v. Joseph Muller Corporation

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• holding that the New York Convention’s application to arbitral awards “not considered as domestic” includes awards “involving parties domiciled or having their principal place of business outside the enforcing jurisdiction”
• holding that the New York Convention applies to a U.S.-made arbitral award between two foreign entities
• concluding that an arbitral award issued in New York “does not meet the territorial criterion”
• holding that the New York Convention’s application to arbitral awards “not considered as domestic” includes awards “involving parties domiciled or having their principal place of business outside the enforcing jurisdiction”
• finding the Convention and the FAA both authorize United States courts to enforce international awards entered in the United States
• giving as an example of a “nondomestic” arbitration one “pronounced in accordance with foreign law”

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