REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
v.
SIMON

U.S. | 2021-02-03
No. 18-1447
592 U.S. 207 Supreme Court of the United States (2021) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases

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Synopsis

Hungary sought review of a lower court decision regarding claims against it, and the Supreme Court vacated the judgment and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of its contemporaneous decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, which established new legal principles governing similar foreign sovereign immunity and cultural property disputes.

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Opinion of the Court

Syllabus REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY et al. v. SIMON et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 18–1447. Argued December 7, 2020—Decided February 3, 2021 911 F. 3d 1172, vacated and remanded.

Gregory Silbert argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Konrad L. Cailteux. Benjamin W. Snyder argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Wall, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Sopan Joshi, Sharon Swingle, and Joshua K. Handell.

Sarah E. Harrington argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Erica Oleszczuk Evans, Paul G. Gaston, Charles S. Fax, Liesel J. Schopler, L. Marc Zell, and David H. Weinstein.* *John B. Bellinger III, Sally L. Pei, and R. Reeves Anderson filed a brief for Société Nationale SNCF SA as amicus curiae urging reversal. Briefs of amici curiae urging affrmance were filed for the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists et al. by Arthur R. Traldi and Stephen R. Greenwald; for the Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, Inc., et al. by Samuel J. Dubbin; for Members of the United States House of Representatives by Akiva Shapiro; for the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights et al. by Beth Heifetz and Alex Potapov; for Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust by Robert James Pavich and Richard H. Weisberg; for the World Jewish Congress et al. by Thomas R. Kline and L. Eden Burgess; and for Mark B. Feldman by Mark B. Feldman, pro se. Briefs of amici curiae were filed for The 1939 Society et al. by Benjamin G. Shatz, Stanley A. Goldman, and Stanley W. Levy; for William S. Dodge et al. by Geoffrey M. Klineberg and Daniel S. Severson; and for Samuel Estreicher et al. by Amelia L. B. Sargent. 208 Cite as: 592 U. S. 207 (2021)

Per Curiam Per Curiam.

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit is vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U. S. 169 (2021). It is so ordered.

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  • Hungary v. Simon, 604 U.S. 115 (U.S. 2025)
    …Simon III, 77 F. 4th 1077. When the case pre- viously reached this Court, we vacated the judgment in Simon II and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with our decision in Philipp, 592 U. S., at 172. See Republic of Hungary v. Simon, 592 U. S. 207 (2021) (per curiam). As relevant here, respondents allege that Hungary and MÁV are subject to the jurisdiction of United States courts under the expropriation exception. To satisfy §1605(a)(3)'s commercial nexus requirement, respondents rely on a “…
  • Republic of Hungary v. Simon, 592 U.S. 207 (U.S. 2021)
    …were filed for The 1939 Society et al. by Benjamin G. Shatz, Stanley A. Goldman, and Stanley W. Levy; for William S. Dodge et al. by Geoffrey M. Klineberg and Daniel S. Severson; and for Samuel Estreicher et al. by Amelia L. B. Sargent. 208 Cite as: 592 U. S. 207 (2021) Per Curiam Per Curiam. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit is vacated, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, 592 U. S. 169…

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