US EditionSupreme Court Takes up Disputes over Seized Cuba Property
- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear property rights cases related to Fidel Castro's 1959 communist revolution in Cuba.
- ExxonMobil seeks to recover assets seized by the Cuban government, potentially reaching billions of dollars due to treble damages.
- Havana Docks Corporation alleges that cruise lines illegally used its confiscated property, claiming nearly one million passengers disembarked from cruise ships.
- The disputes stem from a 1996 law activated by President Donald Trump in 2019, allowing U.S. nationals to sue over seized Cuban assets.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Exxon Mobil’s Lawsuit Over Seized Cuban Assets
The Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 3 to consider Exxon Mobil’s bid to secure compensation from Cuban state-owned companies for energy-related assets nationalized decades ago by the island nation’s communist government. The court did not explain its decision to grant the petition in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporacion Cimex. No justices dissented. The company, which was previously called Standard Oil Co., sued to seek compensation from Cuban governmen…
By John Fritze, CNN The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to delve into Cold War history by hearing an appeal by Exxon over the Cuban government's seizure of an oil refinery and other properties shortly after Fidel Castro took power. The court also announced it would rule on a case involving a US company claiming hundreds of millions of dollars in debt from the world's largest cruise lines for using a pier it built more than a century ago in Hav…
Supreme Court Takes Up Exxon’s Fight Over Castro’s Cuba Seizures
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two major property rights cases tied to Fidel Castro’s 1959 communist revolution in Cuba. ExxonMobil is appealing to recover assets seized by the Cuban government, including an oil refinery, service stations, and other property valued at $72 million in 1969. With interest and treble damages, Exxon’s claims could reach billions of dollars. Nearly 6,000 other American entities and individuals hold similar certified…
Supreme Court takes up disputes over seized Cuba property
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a pair of cases involving Exxon and major cruise lines that could ease the ability of U.S. companies to seek compensation for property confiscated by the Castro regime in Cuba. Congress created a pathway for such lawsuits nearly three decades ago but allowed presidents to suspend it. Each president did so until President Trump enabled cases to commence during his first term. Now in his second term, th…
Supreme Court to decide if Americans may sue over Castro’s Cuba
The Supreme Court agreed to wade into Cold War history Friday by granting an appeal from Exxon over the Cuban government’s confiscation of an oil refinery and other property Fidel Castro’s regime seized in 1960 shortly after taking power.
Cuban Property Seizure Lawsuits Get US Supreme Court Review
The US Supreme Court will consider making it easier to sue over Cuban property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s government in 1960, accepting two appeals with potentially billions of dollars in stakes for US companies.
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