United States Ninth Circuit

In an action seeking to confirm an arbitration award against the United States, the confirmation of the award is vacated, where the U.S. had not waived its sovereign immunity with respect to claims brought against it in the District Court, and thus the District Court lacked jurisdiction to confirm the award.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/10/2007
• Decided 04/22/2009
• Published 04/22/2009

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BARRY G. SILVERMAN, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, David M. Cohen, Franklin E. White, Jr., Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher H. Buckley, Jr., Daniel W. Nelson, Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for the respondents-appellees.