MICULA et al v Government of Romania United States District Court for the District of Columbia Civil Action No. 2017-2332 - Memorandum Opinion and Order by Judge Amit P Mehta - 20 November 2020
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2020
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Pending before the court is (1) Respondent Government of Romania's ("Romania") Motion for Relief from Judgment Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) and (2) Petitioners' Motion for a Civil Contempt Order and Sanctions. 1 Romania claims that the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") award at issue in this case has been paid in full and therefore this court's $356 million judgment confirming that award ("the Judgment") should be voided or discharged. Petitioners oppose Romania's motion on the grounds that approximately $97 million of the Judgment remains unpaid. They also seek a civil contempt order against Romania for its willful disregard of this court's March 11, 2020 Order compelling Romania to produce post-judgment discovery ("the Discovery Order"). For the reasons that follow, Romania's motion for relief from judgment is denied, and Petitioners' motion for a civil contempt order is granted.