Figueiredo Ferraz E Engenharia de Projeto Ltda v Republic of Peru - US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Docket Nos 09-3925-CV (L) and 10-1612-CV (CON) - 14 December 2011
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2011
Summary
Interlocutory appeal from the September 8, 2009, order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (William H. Pauley III, District Judge), denying a motion to dismiss a suit seeking confirmation of an international arbitration award. The Appellant contends that the petition should be dismissed on the ground of forum non conveniens in favor of an action in the courts of Peru. Reversed and remanded with directions to dismiss the petition. Judge Lynch dissents with a separate opinion.