AGUAS LENDERS RECOVERY GROUP v. SUEZ, S.A.

Docket No. 08-1589-cv.

585 F.3d 696 (2009)

AGUAS LENDERS RECOVERY GROUP LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUEZ, S.A., Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A., Defendants, Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos, S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer R. Scullion (Louis M. Solomon, Daniella M. Rudy, on the brief), Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John J. Kerr, Jr., Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, CABRANES, and SACK, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Aguas Lenders Recovery Group, LLC ("ALRG") appeals from Judge Carter's dismissal of its complaint on the ground of forum non conveniens. The principal issue is whether, for the purposes of the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a non-signatory to an agreement may be bound by a forum selection clause and forum non conveniens waiver contained in contracts entered into by an entity alleged to be a predecessor in interest.

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