Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises

Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name	Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD., Norwegian Cruise Line Hondings, LTD., Carnival Corporation, MSC Crusies S.A., and MSC Cruises (USA), Inc.
Docket no.	24-983
Questions presented
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

Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises is a pending United States Supreme Court case regarding assets seized by the Cuban government and used by US companies.

Background

In 1905, Havana Docks Corporation signed a 99-year lease (expiring in 2004) to "the exclusive possession of, and the right to receive the economic benefits from, the physical property subject to the concession (i.e., the docks, terminal building, and associated land" of Havana Harbor. In 1960, following the Cuban Revolution, the concession was seized. Between 2015 and 2019, Carnival Corporation, MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings "disembarked nearly one million tourists on those docks" for which they paid the Cuban government "at least $130 million in hard currency without paying a penny to either Havana Docks or any Cuban person or entity unaffiliated with the regime". ^[1]

See also

• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex

References

1. "Petition for Writ of Certiorari" (PDF). supremecourt.gov .