EM LTD. v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

Docket Nos. 06-0403-cv, 06-0405-cv, 06-0406-cv.

473 F.3d 463 (2007)

EM LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, Defendant-Appellee. NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Republic of Argentina, Defendant-Appellee. NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Republic of Argentina, Defendant-Appellee, Banco Central De La Republica Argentina, Interested-Non-Party-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Rivkin (Dennis H. Hranitzky, Jason R. Abel, on the brief), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant EM Ltd.

Roy T. Englert, Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, DC (Alan E. Untereiner, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, DC; Robert A. Cohen, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant NML Capital, Ltd.

Jonathan I. Blackman (Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Michael J. Byars, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee The Republic of Argentina.

Joseph E. Neuhaus (Laurent S. Wiesel, Claire E. Coleman, Julia M. Guaragna, Sergio J. Galvis, on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, for Interested-Non-Party-Appellee Banco Central de la República Argentina.

Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney (Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney, Kathy S. Marks, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY; Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter, Irene Solet, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Arnold I. Havens, General Counsel, Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C.; John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser, Department of State, Washington, D.C., on the brief), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae United States of America in support of Appellees.

Barry M. Schindler (Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., General Counsel, James P. Bergin, Andrew C. Huszar, on the brief), Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Federal Reserve Bank of New York in support of Appellees.

Before WINTER, CABRANES, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the efforts of plaintiffs-appellants NML Capital, Ltd. ("NML") and EM Ltd. ("EM") (collectively, "plaintiffs") to attach certain funds held in an account of the Banco Central de la República Argentina ("BCRA"), the central banking authority of the Republic of Argentina ("Argentina" or "the Republic"), at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBNY") (the "FRBNY Account").1

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