Summary

On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

QUESTION PRESENTED

"A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction" of a United States court where "the action is brought. .. to confirm an award made pursuant to. .. an agreement to arbitrate," and such agreement was "made by the foreign state with or for the benefit of a private party to submit to arbitration all or any differences which have arisen or which may arise between the parties with respect to a defined legal relationship." 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(6).

The question presented is:

Whether §1605(a)(6) allows a United States court to exercise jurisdiction without first determining whether the foreign-state defendant agreed to arbitrate "differences. .. between" itself and the plaintiff.