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U.S. Supreme Court hears cases on whether Cuban companies can claim immunity from lawsuits over property seized after 1959 revolution.
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two cases involving the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which allows U.S. nationals to sue foreign entities using property seized by Cuba after the 1959 revolution.
ExxonMobil seeks over $1 billion from Cuba’s CIMEX over oil and gas assets taken in 1960, while a smaller company claims damages from major cruise lines for using a Havana port terminal built before the revolution.
The central issue is whether Cuban state-owned companies can claim foreign sovereign immunity under U.S. law, a question the Court has never ruled on.
The law, suspended by presidents from Clinton to Obama but reinstated by Trump in 2019, could reshape U.S. property claims against foreign entities, affecting corporate litigation and diplomatic relations.
La Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos escucha casos sobre si las compañías cubanas pueden reclamar inmunidad de demandas por propiedades confiscadas después de la revolución de 1959.