Imagine if every final judgment of a court in the United States could be undone simply by appeal to be a more friendly court in a foreign nation. Thankfully, the legal order in the civilized world has evolved to prevent this kind of litigation adventurism. 

Yet, Greenpeace is asking a Dutch court to upend that legal order. On April 16, the District Court of Amsterdam held a hearing before a three-judge panel in the case Greenpeace International v. Energy Transfer, where it can refuse Greenpeace’s request to flout the international law surrounding courts respecting courts. A decision in that case is expected in early June.