Publication Date: 2022-07-14
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
Industry: Mining and Resources
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Elliot Friedman, David Y. Livshiz, Shannon M. Leitner, Paige von Mehren, Christian Vandergeest, on the brief, Aaron R. Marcu, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass, Luke Sobota, Three Crowns (US) LLP, Washington, DC.
for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Peter R. Chaffetz, Andreas A. Frischknecht, Joshua D. Anders, David M. Berman, on the brief, Cecilia F. Moss, Chaffetz Lindsey, LLP, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Trade Council, and National Association of Manufacturers: Peter B. Rutledge, Law Office of Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA; Steven P. Lehotsky, Jonathan Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC; Peter Toldsorf, Erica Klenicki, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC.
For Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute: Richard D. Deutsch, Andrew G. McBride, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX, Washington, DC; Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC.
For Amici Curiae Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, Professor Ikponmwonsa O. Omoruyi, Professor Offornze D. Amucheazi: Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovksy, Raja Rana, Hanna Robbins, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.
For Amicus Curiae Professor George A. Bermann: Lauren A. Mandell, Apoorva J. Patel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC.
For Amicus Curiae the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice: Peter A. Sullivan, Christina G. Hioureas, Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae Federal Inland Revenue Service, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: Mallory B. Silberman, R. Stanton Jones, Sally L. Pei, Janine M. Lopez, Arnold & Porter Kaye LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 19-3159
Portions of Award Viable After Nigerian Judgments Were Also Owed Comity by District Court