No. 19-761

KT Corporation, et al. v. ABS Holdings, Ltd., et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards contract contract-disputes due-process due-process-standards enforcement-actions foreign-government foreign-law-enforcement international-comity satellite-dispute tribunal-mandate
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the doctrine of international comity bar our courts from enforcing arbitration awards that are based on a tribunal's conclusion – in excess of its limited mandate to resolve contract issues – that a foreign government violated its own laws?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the doctrine of international comity bar our courts from enforcing arbitration awards that are based on a tribunal's conclusion — in excess of its limited mandate to resolve contract issues — that a foreign government violated its own laws?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

KT Corporation, et al.
Paul Anthony WernerSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Petitioner