Salzgitter Mannesmann International USA Inc v Esmark Inc - United States District Court Southern District of Texas Case No 3-22-cv-00030 - Opinion and Order - 11 September 2023
Year
2023
Summary
OPINION AND ORDER
Petitioner Salzgitter Mannesmann International (USA) Inc. ("Salzgitter") and Respondents Esmark, Inc. ("Esmark") and Sun Steel Company LLC d/b/a Esmark Steel Group Midwest, LLC ("Midwest") (collectively, "Respondents") participated in an arbitration proceeding in Houston, Texas in November 2021. The three-member arbitration panel ruled in Salzgitter's favor in January 2022, awarding $12,689,133.60, plus post-judgment interest, attorneys' fees, and arbitration fees and expenses.
Salzgitter now seeks to confirm the arbitral award, relying on the 1958 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, commonly known as the New York Convention, to confer subject matter jurisdiction. I previously determined that the dispute fell within the New York Convention's ambit, providing me with subject matter jurisdiction to hear this dispute.
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