United States Third Circuit

In a contract dispute involving plaintiff's provision of customized telecommunications software for defendant, a South African company, dismissal of plaintiff's petition to confirm a partial arbitral award is affirmed in part and reversed in part where, although the district court did have personal jurisdiction over defendant, considerations of comity and the proper interpretation of the New York Convention dictated that the petition be dismissed without prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2006
• Decided 08/14/2006
• Published 08/14/2006

Judges

• Before SCIRICA , FUENTES and ROTH , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allen B. Green, Esquire (Argued), McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Washington, DC, Charles M. Lizza, Esquire, Jay G. Safer, Esquire, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Newark, NJ, Jay G. Safer, Esquire, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene D. Gulland, Esquire (Argued), Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Appellees.