Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S. A. (Cuba)

Judgment Issued.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined.

The Helms-Burton Act, formally known as the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, §301, 110 Stat. 815, 22 U. S. C. §6021 et seq., abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities; plaintiffs who sue Cuban agencies or instrumentalities under the Act need not also satisfy one of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s enumerated exceptions to foreign sovereign immunity. [609/1]

Argued. For petitioner: Morgan L. Ratner, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Jules L. Lobel, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Reply of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Sovereign Immunity Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign International Law Scholars, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Relations and Separation of Powers Scholars filed.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondents Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), et al. filed.

Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 23, 2026.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Brief amici curiae of King Ranch, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of petitioner filed.

Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 28, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 9, 2026.