Professor Louis B. Kimmelman Georgetown University Law Center INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION SPRING 2016 SEMESTER Date
Required Reading
1.
January 25, 2016 Monday
Syllabus I & II
2.
February 1, 2016 Monday
Syllabus II & III.A
3.
February 8, 2016 Monday
Syllabus III. A & III.B
February 15, 2016
No Class
4.
February 18, 2016 Thursday
Syllabus IV.A & B
5.
February 22, 2016
Syllabus IV. A & B
Monday 6.
February 29, 2016 Monday
Syllabus V
March 6 – 13, 2016
Spring Break
7.
March 14, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VI
8.
March 21, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VII
9.
March 28, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VIII. A & B
10.
April 4, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VIII. C
11.
April 11, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VIII. D
12.
April 18, 2016 Monday
Syllabus VIII. E
13.
April 25, 2018 Monday
Syllabus VIII. F & G
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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION SYLLABUS I.
II.
III.
Resolution of International Disputes 1.
Sunghwan Co. v. Rite Aid Corp., 7 N.Y.3d 78 (2006)
2.
CPLR Article 53 – Recognition of Foreign Country Money Judgment
3.
M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1 (1972)
4.
Parsons & Whittemore Overseas Co. v. Societe Generale de L’Industrie du Papier (RAKTA), 508 F.2d 969 (2d Cir. 1974)
Legal Framework 1.
Federal Arbitration Act 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.
2.
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“New York Convention”) 21 U.S.T. 2517 (1970)
3.
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985, as amended in 2006)
Arbitrability A.
Subject Matter 1.
Wilko v. Swan, 346 U.S. 427 (1953)
2.
Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co., 417 U.S. 506 (1974)
3.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
4.
Rodriquez v. Shearson/American Express, Inc., 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
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B.
IV.
1.
Thomson – CSF, S.A. v. American Arbitration Association, 64 F. 3d 773 (2d Cir. 1995)
2.
Collins & Aikman Products Co. v. Building Systems, Inc., 58 F.3d 16 (2d Cir. 1995)
3.
Tracer Research Corp. v. National Environmental Services, Co., 42 F.3d 1292 (9th Cir. 1994)
4.
Premium Nafta Products Ltd. v. Fili Shipping Co., [2007] UKHL 40
Who Decides Arbitrability A.
B.
V.
Parties/Claims
Doctrine of Severability/Separability 1.
Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co., 388 U.S. 395 (1967)
2.
Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc., v. Cardegna, 546 U.S. 440 (2006)
3.
Three Valleys Municipal Water District v. E.F. Hutton & Co., 925 F.2d 1136 (9th Cir. 1991)
Role of Court and Tribunal 1.
First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (1995)
2.
Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 537 U.S. 79 (2002)
3.
Rent-A-Center West, Inc. V. Jackson, 130 S.Ct. 2772 (2010)
Relationship between Federal and State Law 1.
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees, 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
2.
Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
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VII.
VIII.
International Arbitration Rules 1.
ICC Rules of Arbitration (2012)
2.
AAA International Arbitration Rules (2014)
3.
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2013)
Provisional/Interim Measures 1.
Iran v. United States, 5 Iran-U.S. C.T.R. 131 (1984)
2.
Sperry Int’l Trade Inc. v. Government of Israel, 532 F. Supp. 901 (S.D.N.Y. 1982)
3.
McCreary Tire & Rubber Co. v. CEAT S.p.A., 501 F.2d 1032 (3d Cir. 1974)
4.
Carolina Power & Light Co. v. Uranex, 451 F. Supp. 1044 (N.D. Cal. 1977)
5.
Cooper v. Ateliers de la Motobecane, S.A., 57 N.Y.2d 408 (1982)
6.
Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. v. Continental Tire North America, Inc., 609 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2010)
7.
CPLR § 7502(c)
Judicial Enforcement A.
Scope of New York Convention 1.
B.
Bergesen v. Joseph Muller Corp., 710 F.2d 928 (2d Cir. 1983)
Enforcing Arbitration Agreements 1.
HKL Group Co. v. Rizq Int’l Holdings Pte Ltd [2013] SGHCR 5
2.
ISC Holding AG v. Nobel Biocare Investments, 351 Fed. Appx. 480 (2d Cir. 2009)
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C.
D.
3.
Marchetto v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 711 F. Supp. 936 (N.D. Ill. 1989)
4.
Republic of Nicaragua v. Standard Fruit Co., 937 F.2d 469 (9th Cir. 1991)
5.
National Iranian Oil Co. v. Ashland Oil, 817 F.2d 326 (5th Cir. 1987)
6.
Intergen N.V. v. Grina, 344 F.3d 134 (1st Cir. 2003)
Enforcing Awards 1.
Northrop Corp. v. Triad Int’l Marketing S.A., 811 F.2d 1265 (9th Cir. 1987)
2.
Iran Aircraft Industries v. Avco Corp., 980 F.2d 141 (2d Cir. 1992)
3.
China Minmetals Materials Import & Export Co. v. Chi Mei Corp., 334 F.3d 274 (3d Cir. 2003)
4.
Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company v. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan, [2010] UKSC 46
5.
Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Lines, 378 F.3d 204 (2d Cir. 2004)
6.
Sarhank Group v. Oracle Corp., 404 F.3d 657 (2d Cir. 2005)
7.
Encyclopaedia Universales S.A. v. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 403 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2005)
Vacating Awards 1.
Int’l Standard Electric Corp. v. Bridas, 745 F. Supp. 172 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)
2.
Mobil Oil Indonesia Inc. v. Asamera Oil (Indonesia) Ltd., 487 F. Supp. 63 (S.D.N.Y. 1980)
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E.
F.
G.
3.
Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co., 393 U.S. 145 (1968)
4.
Positive Software Solutions, Inc. v. New Century Mortgage Corp., 476 F.3d 278 (5th Cir. 2007) (en banc)
5.
Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
Enforcing Vacated Awards 1.
Chromalloy Aeroservices v. Arab Republic of Egypt, 939 F. Supp. 907 (D.D.C. 1996)
2.
Baker Marine (Nig.) Ltd. v. Chevron (Nig.) Ltd., 191 F.3d 194 (2d Cir. 1999)
3.
TermoRio S.A. v. Electranta, 487 F.3d 928 (D.C. Cir. 2007)
4.
Yukos Capital S.A.R.L. v. Rosneft, Court of Amsterdam (Apr. 28, 2009)
Personal Jurisdiction 1.
Glencore Grain Rotterdam B.V. v. Shivnath Rai Harnarain Co., 284 F.3d 1114 (9th Cir. 2002)
2.
Base Metal Trading Ltd. v. OJSC “Novokuznetsky Aluminum Factory,” 283 F.3d 208 (4th Cir. 2002)
Forum Non Conveniens 1.
Monegasque de Reassurances v. NAK Naftogaz of Ukraine, 311 F.3d 488 (2d Cir. 2002)
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