Opinion Summary: Hungary v. Simon | Date Decided: 2/21/25 | Case No. 23-867

Case Info: Hungary v. Simon | Date Decided: 2/21/25 | Case No. 23-867 Link to Docket: Here . Questions Presented: Whether historical commingling of assets suffices to establish that proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus with the United States under the expropriation exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Whether a plaintiff must make out a valid claim that an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies at the pleading stage, rather than merely raising a plausible inference. Whether a sovereign defendant bears the burden of producing evidence to affirmatively disprove that the proceeds of property taken in violation of international law have a commercial nexus with the United States under the expropriation exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Holding: Alleging commingling of funds alone cannot satisfy the commercial nexus requirement of the FSIA’s expropriation exception. Result: Vacated and remanded. Voting Breakdown: Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Link to Opinion: Here . Oral Advocates: For petitioners: Joshua S. Glasgow, Buffalo, N. Y.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Shay Dvoretzky, Washington, D. C. Website Link to Oral Argument: Here . Apple Podcast Link to Oral Argument: Here .