ESSO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION NIGERIA v. NNPC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron R. Marcu ( Elliot Friedman , David Y. Livshiz , Shannon M. Leitner , Paige von Mehren , Christian Vandergeest , on the brief), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass , Luke Sobota , Three Crowns (US) LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Cecilia F. Moss ( Peter R. Chaffetz , Andreas A. Frischknecht , Joshua D. Anders , David M. Berman , on the brief), Chaffetz Lindsey, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Peter B. Rutledge , Law Office of Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA; Steven P. Lehotsky , Jonathan Urick , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC; Peter Toldsorf , Erica Klenicki , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Trade Council, and National Association of Manufacturers.

Richard D. Deutsch , Andrew G. McBride , McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX, Washington, DC; Ben Norris , American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute.

Alexander A. Yanos , Carlos Ramos-Mrosovksy , Raja Rana , Hanna Robbins , Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, Professor Ikponmwonsa O. Omoruyi, Professor Offornze D. Amucheazi.

Lauren A. Mandell , Apoorva J. Patel , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Professor George A. Bermann.

Peter A. Sullivan , Christina G. Hioureas , Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice.

Mallory B. Silberman , R. Stanton Jones , Sally L. Pei , Janine M. Lopez , Arnold & Porter Kaye LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Federal Inland Revenue Service, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Before: Sack and Carney, Circuit Judges, and Kovner, District Judge.