Matter
Société cotonnière du Tchad COTONTCHAD v Société SOPARFITEX
Cotontchad and Soparfitex’s cotton-sale arbitration, with French court proceedings on the submission agreement and waiver of appeal against the arbitral award.
Procedural record
- 16 December 1975France
16 December 1975France
Judgment of the Rouen Court of Appeal dated 16 December 1975
Rouen Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Rouen Court of Appeal admitted Société SOPARFITEX’s appeal in reformation and, treating the related appeal in nullity as admissible, annulled the arbitral award for absence of a compromis.
Participants
Société cotonnière du Tchad COTONTCHAD
Société SOPARFITEX
Rouen Court of Appeal
1 year, 9 months and 19 days later · 659 days
- 5 October 1977France
5 October 1977France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation concerning Société cotonnière du Tchad COTONTCHAD and Société SOPARFITEX
French Court of Cassation
- Decision summary
- The French Court of Cassation quashed the Rouen Court of Appeal judgment of 16 December 1975, which had annulled the arbitral award and admitted the appeal in reformation. It held that the appellate court lacked legal basis when it treated the waiver of appeal as necessarily preceding the dispute and required a separate compromis despite the arbitration clause and the measures taken to implement it, and remanded the case to the Caen Court of Appeal.
Participants
Société cotonnière du Tchad COTONTCHAD
Société SOPARFITEX
French Court of Cassation
- Date not availableArbitration
Date not availableArbitration
Arbitral award declaring the cotton-sale contracts rescinded
- Decision summary
- The arbitral award declared the cotton-sale contracts rescinded and condemned Société SOPARFITEX.
Participants
Société cotonnière du Tchad COTONTCHAD
Société SOPARFITEX