In a petition to confirm a Swedish arbitral award against the government of Azerbaijan, dismissal of the petition for lack of jurisdiction is reversed where the district court erred by holding that foreign states and their agents are entitled to rights under the Due Process Clause.
Read Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan, No. 07-1815
Appellate Information
Argued: October 27, 2008
Decided: September 28, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Walker
Counsel
For Appellant:
James E. Berger, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, LLP, New York, NY
For Appellee:
John D. Winter, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY
