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Cite as:  590 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Opinion of the Court 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 18–1048 
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GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION FRANCE SAS, 
CORP., FKA CONVERTEAM SAS, PETITIONER v. 
OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA, LLC, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT 

[June 1, 2020]

 JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.  
The question in this case is whether the Convention on
the  Recognition  and  Enforcement  of  Foreign  Arbitral
Awards,  June  10,  1958,  21  U. S. T.  2517,  T. I. A. S.  No. 
6997,  conflicts  with  domestic  equitable  estoppel  doctrines
that permit the enforcement of arbitration agreements by 
nonsignatories.  We hold that it does not. 

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In 2007, ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC, entered into
three contracts with F. L. Industries, Inc., for the construc-
tion of cold rolling mills at ThyssenKrupp’s steel manufac-
turing plant in Alabama.  Each of the contracts contained 
an  identical  arbitration  clause.  The  clause  provided  that
“[a]ll  disputes  arising  between  both  parties  in  connection
with or in the performances of the Contract . . . shall be sub-
mitted to arbitration for settlement.”  App. 171. 

After executing these agreements, F. L. Industries, Inc., 
entered into a subcontractor agreement with petitioner GE
Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. (GE Energy),
then known as Converteam SAS.  Under that agreement,