Supreme Court says Exxon can sue Cuba over $1B in seized property

[rollin74]

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that oil giant Exxon Mobil can sue the Cuban government over more than $1 billion in seized property, potentially giving the United States greater financial leverage over the cash-strapped country.

In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that state-owned companies can't argue they are protected by sovereign immunity to fight litigation over assets seized by Cuba's communist government.

The decision -- as well as a similar case last month when the Supreme Court ruled companies can be held liable for using seized property -- comes as the Trump administration ratchets pressure on the struggling island nation through embargoes and a criminal indictment of former leader Raul Castro. The decision could open the door to more litigation over assets seized by the Cuban government, adding pressure to the economically distressed country.

The case revolved around the interpretation of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, also known as the Helms-Burton Act, which was passed by Congress after Cuba shot down two unarmed planes flown by humanitarian organization Brothers to the Rescue. The law established the right of U.S. nationals to sue over property seized by the Cuban government, though every president until President Donald Trump waived that provision.

[2naSalit]

1. Our courts...

Don't have jurisdiction in other countries who don't acknowledge them.

[raccoon]

2. Then why shouldn't Native Americans get money for what the non-Native Americans took from them,

and African Americans get paid for the labor of their ancestors, or get paid back in the land that THEY cultivated?

Jeez....this SCOTUS are/is awful. Slaves to the ruling class.

[struggle4progress]

3. The hotels that made Cuba a gangster's paradise

By Camilo Smith,
Houston Chronicle
Updated Dec 14, 2015 10:10 a.m.

... Reports have come out that Meyer Lansky's grandson is looking for compensation for the Havana Riviera hotel, which was seized during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, according to an article from EFE ...

https://www.chron.com/news/us-world/article/A-look-back-at-the-hotels-that-made-Cuba-a-6695680.php

Won't someone think of the poor gangsters?

[Timewas]

4. OK

Why would Cuba give a shit what our courts say?

[ananda]

5. I've been wondering why Cuba would even acknowledge the suit.

???