OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA, LLC v. CONVERTEAM SAS

No. 17-10944.

902 F.3d 1316 (2018)

OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA, LLC, Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America, as subrogee of Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, Pohjola Insurance Limited, Aigel Europe Limited, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, Tapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance SA UK Branch, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyi, HDI Gerling UK Branch, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, MSI Corporate Capital LTD., as sole Corporate Member of Syndicate 3210, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, Royal & Sun Alliance, PLC, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CONVERTEAM SAS, a foreign corporation now known as GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devin Clarke Dolive , Eddie Travis Ramey , Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Taylor Barr Johnson , Ricardo A. Woods , Burr & Forman, LLP, Mobile, AL, David Gerard Wanhatalo , Roberts Law Office, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA, LLC.

Joseph James Ferrini , James R. Swinehart , Kenneth Wysocki , Clausen Miller, PC, Chicago, IL, G. Randall Spear , Mark Edward Spear , Spear Spear and Hamby P.C., Mobile, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants SOMPO JAPAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, POHJOLA INSURANCE LIMITED, AIG EUROPE LIMITED, as subrogee of Outokumpu Oyj, TAPIOLA GENERAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS ASSURANCE SA UK BRANCH, HDI GERLING UK BRANCH, MSI CORPORATE CAPITAL LTD., ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE, PLC.

Sara Anne Ford , Wesley B. Gilchrist , Mark Christian King , Amie Adelia Vague , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee COVERTEAM SAS.

Before TJOFLAT and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and BLOOM, District Judge.


This appeal requires us to examine seemingly interrelated — but actually quite separate — questions under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("New York Convention" or "Convention"): (1) whether an action between a buyer and a sub-contractor of a seller "relates to" an...

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