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Settlement of Disputes

U.S. Supreme Court to Review D.C. Circuit Decision Vacating Bilateral Investment Treaty Award Against Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, 665 F.3d 1363 (D.C. Cir. 2012), cert. granted, 81 U.S.L.W. 3070 (U.S. June 10, 2013); see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 106 AJIL 360, 393 (2012)Google Scholar; Hurley, Lawrence, Supreme Court Takes Up BG Group Arbitration Case, Reuters, June 10, 2013, at http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/us-usa-court-argentina-idUSBRE9590YH20130610.Google Scholar

2 Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1–14 (2012).

3 Republic of Argentina v. BG Group PLC, 715 F.Supp.2d 108 (D.D.C. 2010) (denying Argentina’s motion to vacate arbitral award); Republic of Argentinav. BG Group PLC, 764 F.Supp.2d21 (D.D.C. 2011) (confirming arbitral award).

4 BG Group, 665 F.3d at 1365–66.

5 The amicus briefs supporting and opposing certiorari are available online at http://www.scotusblog.com/casefiles/cases/bg-group-plc-v-republic-of-argentina.

6 See Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae at 17, BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, No. 12-138 (U.S. May 2013), available at http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/12-138-BG-Group.pdf (“In light of its case-specific nature, the decision below will likely have few implications for the construction of international investment treaties.”).