Doraleh Container Terminal SA v. Republic of Djibouti

  1. October 28, 2024

    DC Circ. Won't Revisit Quinn Emanuel's $486M Award Fight

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP lost its bid to get the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its decision in a dispute over the firm's authority to represent a port operating in a long-running legal spat with the Republic of Djibouti, according to an order issued Monday by a divided panel of judges.

  2. September 19, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Role Must Face Scrutiny, Djibouti Tells DC Circ.

    The Republic of Djibouti has told the D.C. Circuit that there is no need to take a second look at a panel's July opinion that sent a dispute involving a $470 million-plus arbitral award back to the trial court to determine whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent a port operator in a long-running legal battle.

  3. August 29, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Seeks DC Circ. Rehearing In $486M Award Fight

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its ruling in a dispute over the firm's authority to represent a port operator in a long-running legal battle with the Republic of Djibouti.

  4. July 30, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Must Prove Authority In $486M Award Fight

    A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a lower court should have determined whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent Doraleh Container Terminal SA before deciding whether to enforce a $486 million arbitral award issued against Djibouti.

  5. January 22, 2024

    DC Circ. Mulls Enforcing $486M Award Against Djibouti

    The D.C. Circuit spent the better part of an hour Monday morning trying to sort out the intricacies of a dispute between the Republic of Djibouti and a Dubai-based state-owned shipping coordinator over a $486 million arbitral award.

  6. April 24, 2023

    Djibouti Can't Halt $486M Enforcement Suit Without Bond

    Djibouti must post a supersedeas bond to prevent Dubai's state-owned shipping coordinator from taking steps to collect a $486 million arbitral award, a D.C. federal judge said Monday, dealing the African nation a blow as it tries to overturn a recent confirmation order.

  7. March 29, 2023

    Port Co. Says Djibouti Owes $486M Award, Despite Appeal

    Dubai's state-owned shipping coordinator says it must be allowed to immediately collect a $486 million arbitral award from Djibouti, telling a D.C. federal judge that the East African nation cannot shirk that obligation simply because it is challenging a recent confirmation order.