Legal Opinion
Compagnie Noga D'ImportatIon Et D'Exportation S.A. v. The Russian Federation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 16, 2004No. Docket 02-9237(L), 02-9272(CON)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS concurs in a separate opinion.
MINER, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, we are confronted with the issue of whether a foreign arbitration award can be confirmed and enforced against a sovereign nation where the arbitration agreement was signed by an organ of that nation’s central government and where that organ — and not the nation itself — participated in the underlying arbitration proceedings. Specifically, plaintiff-appellant Compagnie Noga DTmportation et D’Exportation S.A. (“Noga”) sought to confirm and enforce a Swedish arbitration award against defendant-appellee…
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