Republic of Sudan v. Harrison (16-1094)

Question

Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit err by holding – in direct conflict with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 5th and 7th Circuits and in the face of an amicus brief from the United States – that plaintiffs suing a foreign state under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act may serve the foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3) by mail addressed and dispatched to the head of the foreign state's ministry of foreign affairs "via" or in "care of" the foreign state's diplomatic mission in the United States, despite U.S. obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to preserve mission inviolability?

Petitioner: Republic of Sudan

Respondent: Rick Harrison, et al.

Granted: 2018-06-25 00:00:00

Decided: 2019-03-26 00:00:00

Argued: 2018-11-07 10:03:00

Uploaded: 2018-11-10 07:00:00

Advocates: Christopher M. Curran, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Erica Ross

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Tags: Foreign Relations