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REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. BNP PARIBAS USA

No. 11-1356-cv.

THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BNP PARIBAS USA, BNP PARIBAS HONG KONG, BNP PARIBAS PARIS, BNP PARIBAS LONDON BRANCH, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK MANEY , Roliff Purrington, Houston, Texas, (Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Appearing for Appellant.

ROBERT S. BENNETT ( Christopher T. Handman , Ellen S. Kennedy , Hogan Lovells, Washington, DC, Jennifer Spaziano , Timothy G. Nelson , Bradley A. Klein , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Appearing for Appellee.

PRESENT: REENA RAGGI, CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges, KIYO A. MATSUMOTO, District Judge.

SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the order entered on March 3, 2011, is AFFIRMED.

The Republic of Iraq ("Iraq") appeals from the denial of its motion to compel arbitration and the grant of defendants' (collectively "BNP Paribas") motion to stay arbitration. Iraq sought to arbitrate breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims as a purported third-party beneficiary of a contract between the United Nations...

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