No. 25-1063

Steve Ferguson v. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2026-03-09
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: domestic-injury foreign-plaintiff private-right-of-action racketeering RICO treble-damages
Latest Conference: 2026-04-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Third District Court of Appeal misapprehended federal law by holding that a foreign plaintiff's RICO injury arises domestically solely because some of the predicate racketeering acts took place in the United States.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a foreign plaintiff's RICO injury arises domestically solely because some predicate racketeering acts took place in the United States, contrary to the domestic-injury requirement established in RJR Nabisco and Yegiazaryan

Docket Entries

2026-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
2026-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to respond filed.
2026-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2026)
2026-02-02
Application (25A863) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 5, 2026.
2026-01-22
Application (25A863) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2026 to March 5, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Raoul G. CanteroWhite & Case LLP, Respondent
Steve Ferguson
Douglas Harry Hallward-DriemeierRopes & Gray, LLP, Petitioner