Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C. v. Republic of Argentina

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Paul G. Gar-dephe, Judge) that denied a motion to dismiss filed by respondent-appellant the Republic of Argentina (“Argentina”). In that motion, Argentina sought dismissal, on, inter alia, foreign sovereign immunity grounds, of a petition to confirm an arbitration award filed by petitioner-appellee Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C. (“Blue Ridge”). Because the denial of Argentina’s motion to dismiss is an interlocutory order, we must first decide whether, and…