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Russian Federation v. Hulley Enterprises Ltd., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 23-7174 · judgment August 5, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
“A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction” of a United States court where “the action is brought ... to confirm an award made pursuant to ... an agreement to arbitrate,” and such agreement was “made by the foreign state with or for the benefit of a private party to submit to arbitration all or any differences which have arisen or which may arise between the parties with respect to a defined legal relationship.” 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(6). The question presented is: Whether §1605(a)(6) allows a United States court to exercise jurisdiction without first determining whether the foreign-state defendant agreed to arbitrate “differences ... between” itself and the plaintiff.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Peter Riesenberg
Pinna Goldberg U.S. PLLC
For respondent
Steven Moffat Shepard
Susman Godfrey L.L.P.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 05 2026Letter of December 31, 2025 from counsel for petitioner received. (Distributed)
- Dec 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 23 2025Motion to Consolidate of Russian Federation not accepted for filing. (December 30, 2025)
- Dec 19 2025Reply of petitioner Russian Federation filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 05 2025Brief of respondents Hulley Enterprises Ltd., et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 5, 2025)