Republic of Hungary v. Simon
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 21, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 21, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2024 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337 . SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY ET AL. v. SIMON ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 23–867. Argued December 3, 2024—Decided February 21, 2025 The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) provides foreign states with presumptive immunity from suit in the United States. 28 U. S. C. §1604 . To sue a foreign sovereign in United States courts, plaintiffs must satisfy one of the exceptions to immunity set forth in the FSIA. The FSIA’s expropriation exception permits claims when “rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue” and either the property itself or any property “exchanged for” the ex- propriated property has a commercial nexus to the United States. 28 U. S. C. §1605 (a)(3). Respondents, Jewish survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust and their heirs, sued Hungary and its national railway (MÁV) in federal court, seeking damages for property…
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