Scheidt v. German Federal Republic.

Abstract

International law — Sources of — General principles of international law, of justice, and of equity — Application by Arbitral Commission.

State responsibility — For wrongs unconnected with contractual obligations — Exhaustion of local remedies — Understanding between parties on suspension of further proceedings before municipal court — Whether bar to jurisdiction of Arbitral Commission.

Arbitration — In general — Law applied by arbitral tribunals — General principles of international law, of justice and of equity — Application by Arbitral Commission.

Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Right of parties to direct access to the Commission — Depending on expiration of time — Understanding between the parties on suspension of further proceedings before municipal court until other cases decided by such court — Whether such understanding restricts right to proceed before Arbitral Commission — Jurisdiction of arbitral commission — Chapter Five, Article 7 (3), sentence 2, of Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and Occupation, 1952—1954.