Legal Opinion
Beiser v. Weyler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 2002No. 01-20152PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we decide whether the plaintiffs lawsuit, alleging only state law causes of action, “relates to” an international arbitration agreement with the defendants, such that the district court had removal jurisdiction under 9 U.S.C. § 205. 1 That section permits defendants to remove a plaintiffs state-filed lawsuit to federal court when the subject matter of the suit “relates to” an arbitration agreement that “fall[s] under” the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbi-tral Awards (hereinafter “the Convention”). 2
Fred Beiser, a…
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