No. 25-716

ENI S.p.A v. Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitration claim-preclusion corporate-affiliation due-process fourteenth-amendment nonparty-preclusion
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether, consistent with the Fourteenth
Amendment of the United States Constitution and the
Federal Arbitration Act, a state court may extend the
claim preclusion doctrine to deprive a nonparty of its
day in court and extinguish its contractual claims based
on a prior arbitration award where the tribunal had no
jurisdiction over the nonparty, its contracts, or its claims.

2. Whether, consistent with the Fourteenth
Amendment of the United States Constitution and the
due process limitations established by this Court, a
state court may extend the claim preclusion doctrine to
deprive a nonparty of its day in court and extinguish its
contractual claims by finding an exception to nonparty
preclusion based on corporate affiliation and overlapping
rights and interests, where the nonparty's rights and
interests were not represented and its claims were not
resolved in the prior action.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court may extend claim preclusion to deprive a nonparty of its claims based on a prior arbitration award without jurisdiction, and whether such extension violates due process

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
2025-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

ENI S.P.A
Paul Anthony Werner IIISheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Petitioner
Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.
Mark William FriedmanDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Respondent