Sphere Drake Insurance Limited, Formerly Known as Odyssey Re (London) Limited v. All American Insurance Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “as arbitration depends on a valid contract an argument that the contract does not exist can’t logically be resolved by the arbitrator”
• holding that “as arbitration depends on a valid contract an argument that the contract does not exist can’t logically be resolved by the arbitrator”
• concluding that as arbitration depends on a valid contract, an argument that the contract does not exist cannot logically be resolved by the arbitrator
• holding that whether one party had authority to bind the other, or whether it had overstepped its authority, was to be decided in courts rather than under the contract’s arbitration provision because the issue went to existence of the contract
• observing that “as arbitration depends on a valid contract an argument that the contract does not exist can’t logically be resolved by the arbitrators”
• noting that it is the essence of a follow-form policy to follow the underlying policy in every respect except where specifically men- tioned

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