Plantations, Investors Seek Summary Affirmance Of $320M Awards Against Zimbabwe

( October 13, 2026, 2:55 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Swiss and German owners of Zimbabwean plantations and the plantation companies filed a joint motion in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for summary affirmance of a ruling granting summary judgment in their favor regarding two International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards worth more than $320 million against the Republic of Zimbabwe for expropriating and harming their investments, writing that Zimbabwe has presented “no substantial questions warranting further briefing or plenary review.”...