Hungary, Holocaust and Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rejects Holocaust Survivors’ Suit Against Hungary
The justices unanimously ruled that the plaintiffs had not established a connection to the United States required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
US Supreme Court blocks Holocaust victims from suing Hungary in American courts
A group of Holocaust victims may not sue Hungary in American courts to recover property stolen during World War II because their funds were comingled with other funds, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a long-running case about how much reach US courts should have to settle disputes abroad.
Supreme Court deals a severe blow to Holocaust survivors' lawsuit against Hungary
A unanimous Supreme Court dealt a blow to Holocaust survivors and their families in a lawsuit seeking compensation from Hungary for confiscated property.
Supreme Court unanimously sides with Hungary in Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Hungary on Friday by rejecting a group of Holocaust survivors’ legal theory that sought to haul the country into American courts to pay compensation. The court’s decision rebuffs the survivors’ claims that they are entitled to funds from the Hungarian treasury for the government and national railway confiscating their assets
Justices rule out “commingled funds” theory in Hungarian Holocaust survivors’ compensation suit
A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to go forward. The survivors contended that the
States Can't 'Immunize' Themselves from Civil Rights Suits, Supreme Court Says
"As the Court has explained, States possess 'no authority to override' Congress’s 'decision to subject state' officials 'to ...
Abortion-related search terms shouldn’t have been admitted in Howard baby murder trial, Maryland Supreme Court rules
A Howard County woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing her newborn baby will get a new trial, the Supreme Court of ...
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Court appoints former clerk to argue in post-conviction relief case
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas to argue in a case involving the application of the federal laws governing post-conviction relief for federal ...
Supreme Court lets Alabama residents sue over extreme delays in unemployment benefits
An independent shrimper in Alabama spent months fighting for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court ruled he and others have the right to sue.
US Supreme Court tackles straight woman's 'reverse' discrimination case
Marlean Ames received numerous promotions and good evaluations over the years working in Ohio's youth corrections system, so ...
The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check.
President Donald Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme ...
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Red states ask Supreme Court to curb federal agency power
A coalition of attorneys general want the high court to use a dispute over a telecommunications fee to resurrect a ...
US appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship
Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...