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OI EUROPEAN GROUP B.V. v. BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC

Nos. 23-1647, 23-1648, 23-1649, 23-1650, 23-1651, 23-1652, 23-1781.

73 F.4th 157 (2023)

OI EUROPEAN GROUP B.V. v. BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant in No. 23-1647 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc, f/k/a Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Venezuela Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant No. 23-1648 ACL1 Investments Ltd.; ACL2 Investments Ltd.; LDO (Cayman) XVIII Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant No. 23-1649 Rusoro Mining Limited v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant No. 23-1650 Koch Minerals Sarl; Koch Nitrogen International Sarl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant No. 23-1651 Gold Reserve Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Appellant No. 23-1652 OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Appellant No. 23-1781.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Filed: July 7, 2023).

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Albano , Christopher L. Carter , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, One Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110, Jody C. Barillare , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 1201 N Market Street, Suite 2201, Wilmington, DE 19801, James D. Nelson , David B. Salmons [ARGUED], Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800 North, Washington, DC 20004, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 23-1647 & 23-1781.

Laura D. Jones , Peter J. Keane , Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, 919 N Market Street, P.O. Box 8705, 17th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801, Robert H. Poole, II , Alston & Bird, 1201 W Peachtree Street, One Atlantic Center, Suite 4900, Atlanta, GA 30309, Rajat Rana , Alexander A. Yanos , Alston & Bird, 90 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees in Nos. 23-1648 & 1651.

Joshua S. Bolian , Riley & Jacobson, 1906 W End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203, Marie McManus Degnan , Ashby & Geddes, 500 Delaware Avenue, P.O. Box 1150, 8th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees in No. 23-1649.

James E. Berger , DLA Piper, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10020, R. Craig Martin , DLA Piper, 1201 N Market Street, Suite 2100, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 23-1650.

Katherine G. Connolly , Norton Rose Fulbright, 555 California Street, Suite 3300, Los Angeles, CA 94104, Matthew H. Kirtland , Norton Rose Fulbright, 799 9th Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, Kevin J. Mangan , Stephanie S. Riley , Matthew P. Ward , Womble Bond Dickinson, 1313 N Market Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 23-1652

Aubre Dean ., Kevin A. Meehan , Juan O. Perla , Joseph D. Pizzurro , Allesandra D. Tyler , Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, 101 Park Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY 10178, Counsel for Intervenor-Appellant Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. in Nos. 23-1647, 23-1648, 23-1649, 23-1650, 23-1651, 23-1652, 23-1781.

Ginger D. Anders , Kathleen A. Foley , Elaine J. Goldenberg , Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , [ARGUED], Sarah Weiner , Munger Tolles & Olson, 601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500e, Washington, DC 20001, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Nos. 23-1647, 23-1648, 23-1649, 23-1650, 23-1651, 23-1652, 23-1781.

Miguel A. Estrada , Matthew S. Rozen , Lucas C. Townsend , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036, Rahim Moloo , Jason W. Myatt , Robert L. Weigel , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10166, Counsel Amicus Curiae Crystallex International Corp in Nos. 23-1647, 23-1648, 23-1649, 23-1650, 23-1651, 23-1652, 23-1781.

Before: BIBAS, MATEY, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sovereignty shoulders "[t]hat power ... whose actions are not subject to the controul of any other power, so as to be annulled at the pleasure of any other human will." Hugo Grotius, The Rights of War and Peace 62 (A.C. Campbell trans., M. Walter Dunne 1901) (1625).1

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