Supreme Court sides with US company in claims over property seized in Cuban revolution
The ruling reinstates more than $440 million in judgments and sends the dispute back to lower courts for further proceedings.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court revived claims against four cruise lines—Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and MSC Cruises—for allegedly using Havana docks confiscated by Fidel Castro's government in 1959.
- Havana Docks filed suit under the 1996 Helms-Burton Act after cruise operators utilized the terminal between 2016 and 2019, following President Barack Obama's decision to ease travel restrictions on Cuba.
- The justices set aside an appeals court decision in an 8-1 ruling, reviving combined judgments of $440 million against the four cruise operators.
- Justice Elena Kagan dissented, arguing the decision allows plaintiffs to recover for property that was never theirs, as the case returns to the appeals court.
- The decision coincides with heightened pressure on Cuba from President Donald Trump's administration, including the recent indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro and pending ExxonMobil litigation.
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Supreme Court Delivers Blockbuster 8-1 Ruling on President Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a U.S. firm seeking damages under a 1996 statute targeting Cuba’s communist dictatorship, 65 years after Cuba’s communist government confiscated U.S. assets. The justices ruled 8-1 in Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises that Havana Docks, a U.S. company that owned the right to use and operate the port of Havana before 1960, could receive hundreds of millions of dollars from cruise lines be…
SCOTUS Rules Against Cruise Lines In Cuban Confiscation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a U.S. firm seeking damages under a 1996 statute targeting Cuba’s communist dictatorship, 65 years after Cuba’s communist government confiscated U.S. assets. The justices ruled 8-1 in Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises that Havana Docks, a U.S. company that owned the right to use and...
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elcorreogallego.esThe dispute between Cuba and the United States has on several fronts both political and economic. To the judicial imputation against Raúl Castro, the energetic siege, the sanctions against leaders and military and the deployment of a carrier in the Caribbean, a new chapter has been added in the American courts of a foreseeable expanding nature. The Supreme Court has accepted the claim of a port company of that country whose docks were nationaliz…
SCOTUS permits suits over seized assets in 1960 Cuba
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a U.S.-owned port business whose dock front property was seized in 1960 when Fidel Castro came to power and nationalized private property, possibly opening the door for similar claims from American…
Supreme Court says cruise lines are liable for using confiscated port in Havana
In a landmark decision several years into fierce litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an appeals court order that had tossed a $400 million judgment against four cruise ship companies that took passengers to Cuba and were sued…
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