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BACARDÍ INTERN. LTD. v. V. SUÁREZ & CO., INC.

No. 12-1032.

719 F.3d 1 (2013)

BACARDÍ INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Petitioner, Appellant, v. V. SUÁREZ & CO., INC., Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 8, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricardo F. Casellas , with whom Rosalie Irizarry-Silvestrini , Natalia Morales , and Casellas Alcover & Burgos, P.S.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Francisco G. Bruno , with whom Manuel Moreda-Toledo , Omar Oquendo-Claudio , Kevin M. Acevedo-Carlson , and McConnell Valdés LLC were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This federal case seeks confirmation of an arbitration award made at the first, non-liability stage of arbitration as to a contract, and was filed approximately one month after the arbitral opponents had filed a petition in the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance to vacate the same award.

We have to answer two questions. The first is whether the federal district court had jurisdiction, despite its...

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