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State Jurisdiction and Immunities

Second Circuit Rejects Argentina's Immunity Claim in Action to Confirm ICSID Award

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 Treaty Concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment, U.S.-Arg., Nov. 14, 1991, S. Treaty Doc. No. 103-2 (1993).

2 CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8, Award (May 12, 2005), at https://icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/FrontServlet?requestType=CasesRH&actionVal=showDoc&docId=DC504_En&caseId=C4.

3 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States, 17 UST 1270, 575 UNTS 159 (Mar. 18, 1965).

4 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§1602–11 (2012).

5 Blue Ridge Invs., LLC v. Republic of Argentina, 902 F. Supp. 2d 367, 375 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).

6 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(1).

7 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(6).

8 See 28 U.S.C. §1291.

9 Blue Ridge Invs., LLC v. Republic of Argentina, No. 12-4139 (2dCir. Aug. 19, 2013), 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 17160, at *16–22.

10 See Will v. Hallock, 546 U.S. 345, 349 (2006).

11 Blue Ridge Invs., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 17160, at *30–35 (footnotes omitted).