BG GROUP PLC v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

No. 12-138.

134 S.Ct. 1198 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 220

BG GROUP PLC, Petitioner v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Goldstein , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Ginger D. Anders , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting vacatur and remand.

Jonathan I. Blackman , New York, NY, for Respondent.

Alexander A. Yanos , Elliot Friedman , Julia A. Lisztwan , Freshfields Bruckhaus , Deringer US LLP, New York, NY, Thomas C. Goldstein , Counsel of Record, Kevin K. Russell , Tejinder Singh , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Jonathan I. Blackman , Counsel of Record, Carmen Amalia Corrales , Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr. , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, Matthew D. Slater , Teale Toweill , M. Veronica Yepez , Caroline Stanton , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Article 8 of an investment treaty between the United Kingdom and Argentina contains a dispute-resolution provision, applicable to disputes between one of those nations and an investor from the other. See Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, Art. 8(2), Dec. 11, 1990, 1765 U.N.T.S. 38 (hereinafter Treaty). The provision authorizes either party to submit a dispute "to the decision of the competent...

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