Legal Opinion
Caribbean Trading and Fidelity Corporation v. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 30, 1991No. 1924, Docket 91-7445PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves an arbitration proceeding in Nigeria between Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”) and Caribbean Trading and Fidelity Corporation (“CTFC”). CTFC won an arbitration award in that proceeding and then brought a petition in the Southern District of New York for confirmation and enforcement of the award pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958 (“Convention”). See 9 U.S.C.A. § 201 note (West Supp.1991). NNPC moved to dismiss this petition. Judge Keenan stayed the action pending…
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