United States Fifth Circuit
Bridas S.A.P.I.C. v. Gov't of Turkmenistan, 04-20842
Vacatur of an arbitration award against the Government of Turkmenistan, a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement between plaintiff and a government-owned oil and gas company, is reversed in a dispute involving an oil and gas development deal where the totality of the record demonstrated that the government should be bound as an alter ego of the signatory party.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/21/2006
- Published 04/25/2006
Judges
- EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Rex S. Heinke (argued), L. Rachel Helyar, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Los Angeles, CA, Mary L. O'Connor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Dallas, TX, George Bermann, Columbia Univ. Sch. of Law, New York City, Sergio Le Pera, Le Pera & Lessa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- William H. Knull, III (argued), Timothy J. Tyler, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Houston, TX, Jeffrey W. Sarles, William H.J. Hubbard, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.