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Year the case was initiated2002
Year the award was rendered2006
Country involvedMexico
Home country of the investorCanada
Parties to the disputeInternational Thunderbird Gaming Corporation v. United Mexican States
Sector3
Type of investmentgaming facilities
Nature of dispute / claimclaims arising out of Mexico's closure of the investor's gaming facilities in Mexico
Legal instrumentNAFTA
Rules / VenuesUNCITRAL
Amount sought by investornot less than US$ 100 million
Amount awarded / status of disputeclaim was dismissed;
Decision of US District Court rejecting petition to set aside and vacate award issued on 14 February 2007
ArbitratorsAlbert Jan van den Berg (Chair); Agustín Portal Ariosa; Thomas W. Wälde
Decisions renderedAward issued on 26 January 2006
Statusawarded in favor of the state
Linkshttp://ita.law.uvic.ca/documents/ThunderbirdAward.pdf
http://www.investmentclaims.com/decisions/Thunderbird-setaside.pdf
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