Articles
Enforcement Of SCC And Russian Arbitration Awards In The United States Courts: An Overview
Published in Stockholm Arbitration Report, Volume 2003:2
May 2003
Several published decisions by U.S. federal and state courts have addressed Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and Russian arbitration awards and proceedings. Some of these decisions, which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, strongly suggest that a Russian arbitration award will be enforced against a U.S. party or citizen by a U.S. court. Further, U.S. court decisions lend support to enforcement of SCC arbitration awards involving a U.S. party.