Source: https://www.wiappellatelaw.com/2015/01/07/seventh-circuit-analyzes-its-jurisdiction-under-the-panama-convention/
Timestamp: 2017-02-25 20:33:07
Document Index: 155514885

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 302', '§ 16', '§ 206', '§ 16', '§ 307', '§ 307', '§ 4', '§ 4', '§ 16', '§ 4', '§ 16', '§ 307', '§ 4']

Seventh Circuit Analyzes Its Jurisdiction under the Panama Convention | Wisconsin Appellate Law
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Without clear language making § 16 applicable to the Panama Convention, the parties needed another provision to incorporate § 16 into chapter 3. As the court saw it, the parties had only two shots. The first was § 302, which incorporates much of the New York Convention into chapter 3. Perhaps § 16 was applicable to the Panama Convention through the New York Convention. Alas, no. Section 302 does incorporate much of the New York Convention, but not all of the New York Convention, and the part of chapter 2 (§ 206) that incorporates the relevant provision of § 16 is one not picked up by chapter 3. The parties’ second shot was § 307, “which provides for residual application of chapter 1 in its entirety . . . ‘to the extent that chapter 1 is not in conflict’ with chapter 3 or the Panama Convention itself.” This looked promising. It’s a well-recognized principle that § 307 incorporates § 4 of chapter 1, allowing district courts to use § 4’s rules of procedure. Since § 16(a)(1)(B) is linked to § 4, the court held that § 16 could apply to proceedings under the Panama Convention by way of § 307 and § 4. The Seventh Circuit would have jurisdiction after all.