Sheikhs’ Heirs’ Lose 2nd Bid For Certiorari In $18B Oil Fields Award Fight

Mealey's (June 21, 2022, 3:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 21 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by heirs of Saudi sheiks seeking review of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ refusal to enforce an $18 billion arbitral award against an American oil company and its subsidiary for the use of Saudi oilfields without addressing the heirs’ last-minute motion to postpone the conference and consider allegations of impropriety in pending sanctions proceedings against the heirs’ counsel....