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PROCESS & INDUS. DEV. v. FED. REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

No. 18-7154.

962 F.3d 576 (2020)

PROCESS AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED, Appellee v. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA and Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 19, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Pizzurro argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Kevin A. Meehan and Juan O. Perla .

Michael S. Kim argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Josef M. Klazen and Darryl G. Stein .

Before: Pillard, Wilkins, and Katsas, Circuit Judges.

This appeal presents the question whether a district court, in considering a petition to confirm an arbitral award against a foreign sovereign, may order the sovereign to brief the merits before resolving a colorable assertion of immunity. We hold that such an order is immediately appealable and that the immunity question...

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