In 8,375 Words, Havana Docks Corporation Requests U.S. Supreme Court To Review Libertad Act Lawsuit Against Cruise Lines
/QUESTION PRESENTED
“The LIBERTAD Act is an essential pillar of United States foreign policy toward Cuba’s hostile and anti American regime. Title III of that Act creates a private right of action for United States nationals who have a claim to property confiscated by that regime against persons who traffic in that property. 22 U.S.C. § 6082(a)(1). The Act specifies that such trafficking “undermines the foreign policy of the United States” by, among other things, “provid[ing] badly needed financial benefit” to the Cuban regime. Id. § 6081(6).
The question presented here applies in every case brought under Title III, and will determine whether that provision continues to advance U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba: whether a plaintiff must prove that the defendant trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government as to which the plaintiff owns a claim (as the statute requires), or instead that the defendant trafficked in property that the plaintiff would have continued to own at the time of trafficking in a counterfactual world “as if there had been no expropriation” (as the divided Eleventh Circuit panel held below).”
No. 24-983
Title: Havana Docks Corporation, Petitioner v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., et al.
Docketed: March 13, 2025
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Case Numbers: (23-10151, 23-10171)
Decision Date: October 22, 2024
Rehearing Denied: December 20, 2024
LINK: Mar 06 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2025)
LINK: Petition Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
“They are interested in this case because the judgment sought to be reviewed undermines a central pillar of our nation’s foreign policy on Cuba.”
Attorneys for Petitioner
Christopher Landau
Counsel of Record
Ellis George LLP
1201 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Suite 513
Washington, DC 20036
clandau@ellisgeorge.com (202) 249-6900
Party name: Havana Docks Corporation
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