Legal Opinion
Figueiredo Ferraz E Engenharia De Projeto Ltda. v. Republic of Peru
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 14, 2011No. Docket 09-3925-cv (L), 10-1612-cv (CON)PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge LYNCH dissents with a separate opinion.
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss, primarily on the ground of forum non conveniens (“FNC”), a petition seeking confirmation of an international arbitration award. A principal public interest factor to be weighed in assessing the FNC claim is a Peruvian statute that limits the amount of money that an agency of the Peruvian government may pay annually to satisfy a judgment. The limit is three percent of the agency’s annual budget.1 The Republic of Peru (“the Republic”), the Ministry of…
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