Legal Opinion
In Re a Motion to Compel Arbitration Between Hellenic Lines, Ltd. & Louis Dreyfus Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 21, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYLER, District Judge.
Petitioner Hellenic Lines, Ltd. (“Hellenic”) has moved to compel arbitration of a commercial dispute with the respondent, Louis Dreyfus Corporation (“Dreyfus”). 9U.S.C.4.
The basis of petitioner’s motion is a letter agreement signed by Dreyfus on December 24, 1964. Dreyfus concedes execution of this agreement to arbitrate, but sets up the defense of duress or coercion in its answer to the petition. Since this court could not be certain that the issues, especially the defense of duress, were sufficiently developed in the moving papers, this matter was set down for an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Kentucky River Mills v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Darling-Singer Lumber Co. v. Oriental Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1928
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- In the Matter of a Motion to Compel Arbitration Between Hellenic Lines, Ltd., and Louis Dreyfus CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Transmarine Seaways Corp. v. Marc Rich & Co. A. G.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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