Legal Opinion
Infuturia Global Ltd. v. Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2011No. 09-16378PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we primarily address the novel question whether, under 9 U.S.C. § 205, a district court has removal jurisdiction 1 over a case where the defendant raises an affirmative defense related to an arbitral award falling under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, June 10, 1958, 21 U.S.T. 2517, 330 U.N.T.S. 38 as implemented by 9 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (“Convention”). 2 Because an arbitration agreement or award falling under the Convention “relates to” the subject matter of an action whenever it could conceivably…
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