Legal Opinion
First Investment Corp. of Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 2013No. 12-30377PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
First Investment Corporation of the Marshall Islands appeals a district court’s decision to deny confirmation of a foreign arbitral award against Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd., Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Corp., and the People’s Republic of China. This case requires us to address an issue of first impression in this circuit: whether a court may dismiss a petition to confirm a foreign arbitration award for lack of personal jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. For the reasons that follow we…
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