Following the arbitrationruling, James filed for bankruptcy on May 27, 2009, one day before he was to sit for his Judgment Debtor's Examination, according to Nicholas' complaint.
Lorgat added that if found guilty the trio will be dealt with firmly but fairly and revealed they were more than entitled to appeal any ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Hopes that border quarrels in the region might be settled by arbitration were raised when Eritrea and Yemen accepted the ruling of an international court in The Hague over the disputed Hanish islands in the Red Sea.
Most notably, a Supreme Court ruling last year strengthened companies' ability to use mandatory arbitration, a dispute-resolution process designed to keep consumer cases out of court.
The U.S. court action flows from an international arbitration Chevron is pursuing against Ecuador to counteract the effects of any adverse ruling in that country.