Joseph Amelar, Inc. v. Far East Conference

WEINFELD, District Judge.

Upon a careful review of the voluminous initial decisions of the hearing examiners,1 the report of the Federal Maritime Commission dated March 27, 1964, the Congressional Reports which preceded the enactment in 1961 of subdivision 9 of section 14(b) of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended,2 the Court concludes that the arbitration clause contained in the dual rate contract between petitioner and respondent is valid and does not deprive the Commission of its jurisdiction.3 The arbitration provision is permissible under section 14(b) of the Act which, after enumerating…