MOTOROLA CREDIT CORP. v. UZAN

Nos. 03-7792(L), 03-7794(CON), 03-7796(CON), 03-7878(XAP).

388 F.3d 39 (2004)

MOTOROLA CREDIT CORPORATION and Nokia Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Kemal UZAN, Cem Cengiz Uzan, Murat Hakan Uzan, Melahat Uzan, Aysegul Akay, Antonio Luna Betancourt, Unikom Iletism Hizmetleri Pazarlama A.S., Standart Pazarlama A.S., and Standart Telekomunikasyon Bilgisayar Hizmetleri A.S., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Abrams (R. Stan Mortenson, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC, of counsel), Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendants Cem Cengiz Uzan and Murat Hakan Uzan.

Nathan Lewin (Robert F. Serio, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., New York, NY, of counsel), Lewin & Lewin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants Kemal Uzan, Melabat Uzan, Aysegul Akay, and Antonio Luna Betancourt.

Carter G. Phillips (Bradford A. Berenson, of counsel), Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants Unikom Iletism Hizmetleri Pazarlama A.S., Standart Pazarlama A.S., and Standart Telekomunikasyon Bilgisayar Hizmetleri A.S.

Howard Stahl (Steven K. Davidson, Charles G. Cole, Bruce C. Bishop, of counsel), Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, DC (Craig A. Stewart, Anthony J. Franze, Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, of counsel), for Plaintiff Motorola Credit Corporation.

Jason Brown (David D. Howe, of counsel), Holland & Knight, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff Nokia Corporation.

Before: MINER, CALABRESI, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal brought by individual and corporate defendants who, the District Court found, swindled two large corporations out of well over $2 billion.1 On appeal, defendants contend that the District Court lacked jurisdiction over this case and the parties to it on multiple grounds. They argue first that the District Court erred in denying their motion to compel arbitration. In the alternative...

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