The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Hungary on Feb. 21, ruling that a group of foreigners may not sue that country in U.S. courts over Holocaust-era asset seizures.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the court’s 9–0 opinion in Republic of Hungary v. Simon.
The justices held that because the survivors and their families could not prove that cash raised from the sale of their seized property was connected to business activity in the United States, they could not sue in this country’s court system.
The respondents in the case, most of whom are foreign nationals, filed a proposed class action lawsuit in 2010, seeking compensation for property confiscated from their families during the Holocaust….