The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that Exxon Mobil may sue state-owned companies in Cuba over its energy-related assets that were seized in 1960.
The case is Exxon Mobil v. Corporacion Cimex, which the justices heard on Feb. 23.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion.
Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
The case focuses on the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, created to pressure Cuba by penalizing companies “trafficking” in property Cuba seized from U.S. interests. Also known as the Helms-Burton Act, the law allows U.S. citizens and companies to sue any person who traffics in, uses, or profits from the confiscated property….