The Supreme Court on Tuesday probed the international consequences of allowing a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs to leverage U.S. courts to seek compensation from Hungary for confiscating their property.



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Supreme Court wrestles with Hungary’s effort to end Holocaust survivor lawsuit

A majority of the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical that Holocaust victims and their families are permitted to haul Hungary into American courts to recover property stolen during World War II, with several justices fearing that would open the United States up to a flood of similar litigation from abroad.

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Supreme Court majority appears skeptical of allowing Holocaust survivors to sue Hungary in US courts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday probed the international consequences of allowing a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs to leverage U.S. courts to seek compensation from Hungary for confiscating their property. For 14 years, the parties have battled over whether the survivors can overcome Hungary’s presumptive legal immunity as a foreign sovereign and haul…

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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Dec. 3 over whether a group of Holocaust survivors have enough proof to sue Hungary over property seized during the Nazi’s occupation of the country.
The case, which has been ongoing for over a decade, raises questions about the level of immunity foreign countries receive from prosecution within the United States.
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, foreign nations are…

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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Sovereign Immunity in Holocaust Lawsuit

The Supreme Court on Tuesday probed the international consequences of allowing a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs to leverage U.S. courts to seek compensation from Hungary for confiscating their property. For 14 years, the parties have battled over whether the survivors can overcome Hungary’s presumptive legal immunity as a foreign sovereign and haul the country into American courts under an exception known as an  “expropriation” of …

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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical that Holocaust victims and their families are permitted to haul Hungary into American courts to recover property stolen during World War II, with several justices fearing that would open the United States up to a flood of similar litigation from abroad. More than a dozen victims of the Holocaust and their families have been fighting the Republic of Hungary …

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Hungary v. Simon has significant implications for the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's expropriation exception.

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Hungary v. Simon Offers Supreme Court Stark Choice

The Supreme Court is continuing to assess the potential international impact of permitting a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs to litigate claims against the Hungarian government.

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U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Holocaust Survivors' Case Against Hungarian Government - Legal Reader

There is a case before the Supreme Court that could have international repercussions. The court must answer the question if Holocaust survivors can use the U.S. court system to apply pressure on another country regarding confiscated property. This is an issue that has been litigated for more than a decade, and now the Supreme Court will finally weigh in. Decision Time Holocaust survivors have been going after Hungary on this issue for quite some…

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Supreme Court Weighs Holocaust Survivor Case - Conservative Journal Review

ShareIt has been nearly 80 years since World War II officially ended in Europe. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the latest chapter in efforts by the victims of the war’s atrocities to recover confiscated property. At issue is whether a lawsuit by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust, seeking to recover property that was seized, can go forward, or whether – as the Hungarian government alleges – it is barred by the federa…

Supreme Court wrestles with Hungary’s effort to end Holocaust survivor lawsuit

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