Legal Opinion
Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 26, 2019No. 16-1094PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
This case concerns the requirements applicable to a particular method of serving civil process on a foreign state. Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), a foreign state may be served by means of a mailing that is "addressed and dispatched ... to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of the foreign state concerned." 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3). The question now before us is whether this provision is satisfied when a service packet that names the foreign minister is mailed to the foreign state's embassy in the United States. We hold that it is not. Most naturally read, §…
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