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Ukraine v. PAO Tatneft

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 20-07091 · judgment December 28, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)

Before the decision, about 1.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether the doctrine of forum non conveniens is available in proceedings to confirm a foreign arbitral award in the United States. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Patrick Elwood
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

For respondent
Hyland Hunt
Deutsch Hunt PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
21A528

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Sep 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Sep 06 2022
    Reply of petitioner Ukraine filed. (Distributed)
  4. Aug 23 2022
    Brief of respondent PAO Tatneft in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 12 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 23, 2022.
  6. Jul 11 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2022 to August 23, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Jul 01 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 5, 2022)
  8. Mar 23 2022
    Application (21A528) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 3, 2022.
  9. Mar 18 2022
    Application (21A528) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 4, 2022 to July 3, 2022, submitted to The Chief Justice.