Arbitration Agreements, Arbitration Proceedings, Domestic Courts, Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), Manifest disregard of the law
Stolt-Nielsen: Postscript on Class Arbitration?
On April 27, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., No. 08-1198, 559 U.S. ___ (2010). The Court reversed a Second Circuit ruling permitting arbitrators to impose class arbitration upon four shipping companies—including White & Case client Stolt-Nielsen S.A.—under those shipping companies’ shipping contracts…