Waleed Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani, et al. v. Chevron Corporation, et al.

Whether Article III of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention”) requires U.S. district courts conferred with secondary jurisdiction to implement the procedural limitations for challenging the recognition and enforcement of domestic arbitral awards contained in Chapter 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)?

Whether the separability doctrine permits a U.S. district court from denying recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award under Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA”) by applying domestic common law contractual defenses contained under Chapter 1 of the FAA?

Whether remand of an appellate decision is proper when a federal circuit judge that was assigned to the appellate panel and that denied a motion for recusal under the Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Act, thereafter engaged in conduct indicating judicial misconduct and a lack of impartiality in violation of Canon 2 of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges?