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Year the case was initiated1999
Year the award was rendered2002
Country involvedMexico
Home country of the investorUnited States
Parties to the disputeMarvin Roy Feldman Karpa v. United Mexican States (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/99/1)
Sector2
Type of investmentcigarette export enterprise
Nature of dispute / claim
Legal instrumentNAFTA
Rules / VenuesICSID AF
Amount sought by investorUS$ 50 million
Amount awarded / status of disputeMexican Pesos 9,464,627.50 awarded (equivalent to US$ 927,814 at the time of the award); review by Ontario Supreme Court, 3 December 2003. Review by Ontario Court of Appeal, 11 January 2005.
ArbitratorsKonstantinos D. Kerameus (Chair); Jorge Covarrubias Bravo; David A. Gantz
Decisions renderedAward on Jurisdiction issued on 6 December 2000;
Award on Merits issued on 16 December 2002
Statusawarded in favor of the investor
Linkshttp://www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/feldman_mexico_interim-en.PDF
http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/cases/feldman_mexico-award-en.PDF
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