Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Dispute Resolution & Arbitration : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration |
| Title: | Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna |
| Date: | 02/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 04-1264 |
| Summary: | With regards to contracts containing an arbitration clause, a challenge to the validity of a contract as a whole and not specifically to an arbitration clause within, must go to an arbitrator, not a court, regardless of whether it is brought in federal or state court. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law, Per Curiam |
| Title: | Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi |
| Date: | 02/21/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1095 |
| Summary: | Judgment involving a private citizen's attempt to attach an asset belonging to Iran's Ministry of Defense in order to help satisfy a judgment for money damages is vacated where the court of appeals erred in applying an "engaged in commercial activity" exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law |
| Title: | Wachovia Bank, Nat'l Ass'n v. Schmidt |
| Date: | 01/17/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1186 |
| Summary: | For purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1348, a national bank is a citizen of the state in which its main office, as set forth in its articles of association, is located. |