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Dispute Resolution Keyed to Carbonneau, 8th Ed.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
Citation:
473 U.S. 614, 105 S.Ct. 3346, 87 L.Ed.2d 444 (1985)Facts
In 1979, Soler Chrysler-Plymouth entered into a distributor agreement with Chrysler International and a Sales Procedure Agreement with Mitsubishi Motors to sell Mitsubishi-manufactured vehicles in Puerto Rico. The Sales Agreement contained an arbitration clause requiring disputes arising from certain articles of the agreement to be settled by arbitration in Japan. Initially, Soler performed well, but when the market slowed in 1981, Soler requested delays in shipments and attempted to arrange for transshipment of vehicles to the continental United States and Latin America. Mitsubishi refused permission for such diversion and eventually withheld shipment of 966 vehicles. Mitsubishi then brought an action to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Soler counterclaimed, alleging that Mitsubishi had conspired with Chrysler to divide markets in restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Act and other laws.
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