GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC

Decided June 1, 2020. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-1048 · 590 U.S. ___ (2020)

The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards does not conflict with domestic equitable estoppel doctrines that permit the enforcement of arbitration agreements by nonsignatories to those agreements.

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