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FIGUEIREDO v. REPUBLIC OF PERU

Docket Nos. 09-3925-cv (L), 10-1612-cv (CON).

665 F.3d 384 (2011)

FIGUEIREDO FERRAZ E ENGENHARIA DE PROJETO LTDA., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The REPUBLIC OF PERU, Ministerio De Vivienda, Construccion y Saneamiento, Programa Agua Para Todos (PAPT) (successor by integration to Programa De Apoyo A La Reforma Del Sector Saneamiento (PARSSA), formerly known as Proyecto Especial Programa Nacional De Agua Potable & Alcantarillado (PRONAP)), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Submitted: June 22, 2011.

Decided: December 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan C. Basombrio , New York, NY ( Mark S. Sullivan , Joshua Colangelo-Bryan and Morgan C. Hilpert , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.

Thomas J. Hall , New York, NY ( Robert E. Grossman , Paige M. Willan , Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Appellee.

Judge LYNCH dissents with a separate opinion.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss, primarily on the ground of forum non conveniens ("FNC"), a petition seeking confirmation of an international arbitration award. A principal public interest factor to be weighed in assessing the FNC claim is a Peruvian statute that limits the amount of money that an agency of the Peruvian government may pay annually to satisfy a judgment. The limit is three...

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