Nonetheless, he believes it would not be unreasonable to question at least the appearance of partiality, especially given that, in addition to his friendship with a witness fo Argentina, Judge Leval, as the parties are undoubtedly aware, practiced from 1969 to 1975, first asr

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE
SECOND CIRCUIT
                                     
At a stated termofthe United StatesCourt ofAppealsforthe SecondCircuit, held at the
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of New York, on the
18 day of June, two thousand twelve,

The Republic of Argentina,
Defendant-Appellant.
Judge Leval has become aware in preparing this case that a friend of many years gave an
expert affidavit for Argentina in the district court. Troland Link, Esq., and Judge Leval were college
classmates during the 1950's and have had a friendly relationship for many years. The Links and the
Levals have been guests in each others' houses.
Judge Leval is confident that his friendship with Mr. Link would have no effect on his
consideration of the case. Nonetheless, he believes it would not be unreasonable to question at least
the appearance of partiality, especially given that, in addition to his friendship with a witness for
Argentina, Judge Leval, as the parties are undoubtedly aware, practiced from 1969 to 1975, first as
an associate, then as a partner, with the Cleary Gottlieb firm, which represents Argentina.
In view of the combination of circumstances, Judge Leval will take recusal unless the parties
unanimously remit the disqualification. See Code of Conduct for United States Judges, Canon 3(D).
The parties are directed to advise the Clerk by email as rapidly as possible and in any event within
!"#$%&'()'*+&&&&&,-./0$12%&34*&&&&&5"6$%&'&&&&&&*78'98(*'(&&&&&&734(+7&&&&&&(24 hours whether they remit Judge Leval's disqualification. The Clerk will advise the panel whether
the parties have, or have not, unanimously remitted the disqualification and will not advise of the
position of any individual party.
So ordered.
For the Court:      
Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe
Clerk of Court