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BRIDAS S.A.P.I.C. v. GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN

No. 04-20842.

447 F.3d 411 (2006)

BRIDAS S.A.P.I.C., Bridas Energy International, Ltd., Intercontinental Oil and Gas Ventures, Ltd., and Bridas Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN, Concern Balkannebitgazsenagat and State Concern Turkmenneft, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex S. Heinke (argued), L. Rachel Helyar, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Los Angeles, CA, Mary L. O'Connor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Dallas, TX, George Bermann, Columbia Univ. Sch. of Law, New York City, Sergio Le Pera, Le Pera & Lessa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William H. Knull, III (argued), Timothy J. Tyler, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Houston, TX, Jeffrey W. Sarles, William H.J. Hubbard, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Bridas S.A.P.I.C. ("Bridas") appeals the district court's vacatur of an arbitration award against the Government of Turkmenistan ("Government"), a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement between Bridas and a government-owned oil and gas company. Because the totality of the record demonstrates that the Government should be bound as an alter ego of State Concern Turkmenneft ("Turkmenneft"), we REVERSE and RENDER for enforcement of the award...

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