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KARAHA BODAS CO. v. PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN MINYAK

Nos. 02-20042, 03-20602.

364 F.3d 274 (2004)

KARAHA BODAS CO., L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN MINYAK DAN GAS BUMI NEGARA; et al., Defendants, Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Isaacson (argued), Jonathan D. Schiller, Carl John Nichols, Philip Michael Spector, Alison E. Peck, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Christopher F. Dugan, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Washington, DC, Kenneth Stuart Marks, Susman Godfrey, Emil T. Bayko, Jones Day, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Matthew D. Slater (argued), Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, DC, F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Michael L. Brem, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Carolyn B. Lamm, White & Case, Washington, DC, John E. O'Neill, Jesse R. Pierce, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Wilson & Fulkerson, Houston, TX, for Republic of Indonesia, Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

ROSENTHAL, District Judge:

Thirty years ago, the United States Supreme Court recognized that "[a] contractual provision specifying in advance the forum in which disputes shall be litigated and the law to be applied is ... an almost indispensable precondition to achievement of the orderliness and predictability essential to any international business transaction.... Such a provision obviates the danger that a dispute under the agreement might be submitted to a forum...

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