Supreme Court wades into U.S.-Cuba business disputes, with billions at stake

Court grapples with disputes over efforts to recover losses from Cuban confiscations

In a pair of oral arguments on Monday, the Supreme Court wrestled with disputes over whether U.S. companies can recover under U.S. law for losses resulting from the confiscation of property that they owned in Cuba more than 65 years ago. In Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, the justices considered a claim by Havana Docks, which before 1960 had owned a right to use and operate the docks in the port of Havana, that it was entitl…

$1 Billion on the Line as Supreme Court Could Rewrite US-Cuba Lawsuits

Justices heard arguments Monday in two disputes involving U.S.-Cuba relations that could be worth more than $1 billion. Oil giant ExxonMobil is a plaintiff in one of the cases, while major cruise lines, led by Royal Caribbean, are defendants in the other. A majority of justices seemed poised to side with ExxonMobil, while both conservative and liberal justices seemed skeptical about the claim against the cruise companies. The cases are based on …

Supreme Court To Hear Lawsuits Over Americans' Seized Assets In Cuba

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The Court, the Crab, and Cuba

According to recent leaks to Axios, the U.S. State Department has bypassed Cuba’s official civilian government, to hold discreet talks with 41-year-old Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro. Known in Havana as “El Cangrejo” (The Crab), Rodríguez Castro is the grandson and bodyguard of Raúl Castro, and a figure deeply embedded in the island’s sprawling military-commercial conglomerate, GAESA. Simultaneously, the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear …

Supreme Court to Hear Lawsuits Over Americans’ Seized Assets in Cuba

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear two cases on Feb. 23 about U.S. business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago. Both cases focus on the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act that was created to pressure Cuba by penalizing foreign companies “trafficking” in property that the Cuban regime seized from U.S. interests. Also known as the Helms-Burton Act, the law allows U.S. citizens and companies to sue any pe…