2024 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Hungary v. Simon
604 U.S. 115
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 23-867
- U.S. Reports
- 604 U.S. 115
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Sonia Sotomayor
Holding
An allegation that a foreign sovereign liquidated expropriated property, commingled the proceeds with other funds, and then used some of those commingled funds for commercial activities in the United States cannot alone satisfy the commercial nexus requirement of the expropriation exception in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority |
Read the opinion
- supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
- JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
- supremecourt.govDocket 23-867Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.