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Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP v. Setty

Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for further consideration in light of GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, on June 8, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-623 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the "New York Convention") permits a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement to compel arbitration based on the doctrine of equitable estoppel or similar principles of applicable law; (2) whether a foreign defendant"s right to stay litigation under Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act is conditioned upon that defendant"s right to compel arbitration.

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