No. 23-512

Steven M. Greenbaum, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Judith (Shoshana) Lillian Greenbaum, Deceased, et al. v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2023-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: asset-freezing asset-seizure blocked-assets federal-law federal-sovereign-immunity judgment-enforcement sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation terrorism-based-judgments terrorism-risk-insurance-act
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Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act waives the United States' federal sovereign immunity over assets that have been seized or frozen by the United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1610 (note), provides that “blocked assets”—assets that have been “seized or frozen by the United States” under one of two sanctions laws—“shall be subject to execution or attachment in aid of execution” in satisfaction of terrorismbased judgments. The question presented is whether this statutory text waives the United States’ federal sovereign immunity over assets that have been seized or frozen by the United States.

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2023)
2023-09-29
Application (23A279) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 9, 2023.
2023-09-27
Application (23A279) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 8, 2023 to November 9, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Steven Greenbaum
Patrick Nicholas PetrocelliHogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent