(October 20, 2023, 1:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Oct. 19 denied two Zimbabwean plantation companies’ motion to certify as frivolous the Republic of Zimbabwe’s interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of its motions to dismiss the plantations’ petition to confirm an arbitral award against it worth more than $264 million, finding that “no binding case” controls the outcome of Zimbabwe’s appeal....