Base Metal Trading SA v. Russian Aluminum

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that public interest factors favor Russia where controversy involved illegal takeover scheme of Russian aluminum industry
• holding that Russia was an adequate forum despite allegations of corporate raiding, unjustified prosecution, threats, and corruption
• holding that an alternative forum existed based on affidavits from plaintiffs and defendant’s experts
• finding that notwithstanding the Court’s competence to apply foreign law, this factor still favored dismissal where extensive application of foreign law was required
• noting that “the Court cannot compel [non-party] witnesses [located in Russia to] appear”
• rejecting arguments that Russian forum is inherently unfair and corrupt and finding Russia to be an adequate alternative forum

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).