Court rejects heightened requirement for arbitration awards under FSIA

Court rejects heightened requirement for arbitration awards under FSIA

Thursday’s decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. was no surprise to anyone. As my story on the oral argument in March explained, nobody was willing to defend the standard adopted by the court of appeals. So a succinct and unanimous opinion from Justice Samuel Alito reversing the lower court is just what you would expect. The case involves the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, adopted in 1976 to provide a comprehensive statutor…