Supreme Court Mulls Corporate Claims About Seized Assets in Cuba

Supreme Court Mulls Corporate Claims About Seized Assets in Cuba

The Supreme Court on Feb. 23 grappled with two cases about U.S. business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago. The cases are Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises and Exxon Mobil v. Corporacion Cimex, which the justices heard back-to-back in more than three hours of oral arguments. Both cases focus on the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, created to pressure Cuba by penalizing companies “trafficking”…

Supreme Court Hears Cases Involving Property Stolen by Cuba's Communists

Supreme Court reviews cases on property seized by Cuba, involving Havana Docks and Exxon claims.

US Supreme Court hearing Havana Docks case today

The justices will entertain a 60-minute argument based on what the US solicitor general has called a 'bellwether for future Title III cases.'