Gretton Limited v. Republic of Uzbekistan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GRETTON LTD., Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 18-1755 (JEB) REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN, Respondent. MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Gretton Ltd. seeks to enforce a foreign arbitral award assessed against the Republic of Uzbekistan. Gretton itself, however, never had any direct dealings with Uzbekistan. Rather, the dispute arose between the Central Asian country and a company called Oxus Gold, PLC over Oxus’s investments in two gold-mining operations there. Although the underlying Award is still working its way through direct-appeal…