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ASIGNACION v. RICKMERS

No. 14-30132.

783 F.3d 1010 (2015)

Lito Martinez ASIGNACION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICKMERS GENOA SCHIFFAHRTSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CIE KG, Defendant-Appellant. Rickmers Genoa Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Cie KG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lito Martinez Asignacion, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, Esq. (argued), Frederick & Beckers, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Darren D. Sumich, Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola & Taylor, L.L.C., Belle Chasse, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter Brooks Sloss, Esq. (argued), Timothy David DePaula, Esq.,   Robert H. Murphy, Esq., Murphy, Rogers, Sloss & Gambel, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and BENAVIDES and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Rickmers Genoa Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Cie KG (Rickmers) sought to enforce a Philippine arbitral award given to Lito Martinez Asignacion for maritime injuries. The district court refused to enforce the award pursuant to the public-policy defense found in the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement...

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