No. 25-716

ENI S.p.A v. Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2025-12-18
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: arbitration claim-preclusion corporate-affiliation due-process fourteenth-amendment nonparty-preclusion
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court may extend claim preclusion to deprive a nonparty of its claims based on a prior arbitration award without jurisdiction, and whether such extension violates due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Federal Arbitration Act, a state court may extend the claim preclusion doctrine to deprive a nonparty of its day in court and extinguish its contractual claims based on a prior arbitration award where the tribunal had no jurisdiction over the nonparty, its contracts, or its claims. 2. Whether, consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the due process limitations established by this Court, a state court may extend the claim preclusion doctrine to deprive a nonparty of its day in court and extinguish its contractual claims by finding an exception to nonparty preclusion based on corporate affiliation and overlapping rights and interests, where the nonparty’s rights and interests were not represented and its claims were not resolved in the prior action.

Docket Entries

2026-01-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-07
Waiver of right of respondent Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al. to respond filed.
2025-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 20, 2026)

Attorneys

ENI S.P.A
Paul Anthony Werner IIISheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Petitioner
Paul Anthony Werner IIISheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Petitioner
Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.
Mark William FriedmanDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Respondent
Mark William FriedmanDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Respondent