Legal Opinion
Fotochrome, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. Copal Company, Limited, Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 29, 1975No. 568, Docket 74-2082PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:
The parties to this appeal present some interesting questions concerning the impact of the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“the Convention”) 1 upon the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act. We find that there is no conflict between the Convention and the Act on the facts of this case. We accordingly affirm the order of Judge Weinstein, 377 F.Supp. 26 (E.D.N.Y.1974), which held that a Bankruptcy Court does not have the power in a Chapter XI arrangement to relitigate the merits of a contract dispute which has been…
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