Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
- Decided
- July 2, 1985
- Docket
- 83-1569
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that defendant did not waive arbitration by bringing motion to dismiss based on res judicata in which the issue of remedy was not raised — Paige Martin v. Gary Yasuda (2016)
- holding that “the Act itself provides no basis for disfavoring agreements to arbitrate statutory claims by skewing the otherwise hospitable inquiry into arbitrability” — Michael Shane Davis v. Southern Energy (2002)
- concluding that the needs of the foreign commercial system require enforcement of the parties’ agreement, notwithstanding a contrary result under domestic law — United States Lines, Inc. v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n (In Re United States Lines, Inc.) (1994)
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How the opinion begins
Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
The principal question presented by these cases is the arbitrability, pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq., and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Convention), [1970] 21 U. S. T. 2517, T. I. A. S. No. 6997, of claims arising under the Sherman Act, 15 U. S. C. §1 et seq., and encompassed within a valid arbitration clause in an agreement embodying an international commercial transaction.
1 — 1 Petitioner-cross-respondent Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (Mitsubishi) is a Japanese corporation which manufactures automobiles and has its principal place of business in Tokyo, Japan. Mitsubishi is the product of a joint venture between, on the one hand, Chrysler International, S. A. (CISA), a Swiss corporation registered in Geneva and wholly owned by Chrysler Corporation, and, on the other, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc., a Japanese corporation. The [*617] aim of the joint venture was the distribution through Chrysler dealers outside the continental United States of vehicles manufactured by Mitsubishi and bearing Chrysler and Mitsubishi trademarks. Respondent-cross-petitioner Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. (Soler), is a Puerto Rico corporation with its principal place of business in Pueblo Viejo, Guay-nabo, Puerto Rico.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 473 U.S. 614 (1985)Read the full opinion
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