United States, Other Amici Urge High Court To Reverse 9th Circuit’s FSIA Precedent

( December 13, 2024, 2:21 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States, academics, attorneys and business organizations filed amicus curiae briefs in which most urge the U.S. Supreme Court to side with an Indian satellite company, its shareholders and subsidiary by overturning the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ reversal of a $1.3 billion arbitral award in their favor based on its allegedly “outlier” jurisdictional precedent....