No. 19-623

Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP v. Balkrishna Setty, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-15
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Relisted (2)
Tags: arbitration-agreement civil-procedure equitable-estoppel federal-arbitration-act foreign-arbitration foreign-arbitration-agreement foreign-defendant new-york-convention nonsignatory standing stay-litigation
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Latest Conference: 2020-06-04 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards permit a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration based on the doctrine of equitable estoppel or similar principles of applicable law?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention”) permit a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration based on the doctrine of equitable estoppel or similar principles of applicable law? 2. Is a foreign defendant’s right to stay litigation under Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. § 3) conditioned upon that defendant’s right to compel arbitration?

Docket Entries

2020-07-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-06-08
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS</i> v. <i>Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC</i>, 590 U. S. ___ (2020).
2020-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-23
Brief of respondents Balkrishna Setty and Sugandhalaya LLP, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-12-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 23, 2019.
2019-11-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2019 to December 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 16, 2019)

Attorneys

Balkrishna Setty and Sugandhalaya LLP
Scott S. BrownMaynard Cooper & Gale PC, Respondent
Balkrishna Setty and Sugandhalaya LLP, et al.
Scott Samuel BrownMaynard Cooper & Gale PC, Respondent
Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP
Brian William EslerMiller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP, Petitioner