Legal Opinion
Jam v. International Finance Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 27, 2019No. 17-1011PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
*764The International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 grants international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization the "same immunity from suit ... as is enjoyed by foreign governments."
*76522 U.S.C. § 288a(b). At the time the IOIA was enacted, foreign governments enjoyed virtually absolute immunity from suit. Today that immunity is more limited. Most significantly, foreign governments are not immune from actions based upon certain kinds of commercial activity in which they engage. This case requires us to determine whether the IOIA grants international organizations…
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