Their litigation strategy took advantage of a standard contractual clause (called pari passu) intended to ensure that all claimants are treated equally. Incredibly, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York decided that this meant that if Argentina paid in full what it owed those who had accepted debt restructuring, it had to pay in full what it owed to the vultures.
它们的诉讼战略利用了标准的契约条款（称为平权条款），该条款的本意是确保所有债权人得到平等对待。令人难以置信的是，美国纽约第二巡回上诉法院判决这意味着如果阿根廷十足偿付欠接受债务重组者的债务，那么它也必须十足偿付欠兀鹫基金的债务。