Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba et al.

Decided May 24, 1976. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1288 · 425 U.S. 682 (1976) · Cited 428 times

Holding

There is nothing in the record of this case revealing an act of state with respect to the interventors' obligation to return the sums mistakenly paid to them.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional De Cuba · 406 U.S. 759 (1972)
• Underhill v. Hernandez · 168 U.S. 250 (1897)
• Compania Espanola De Navegacion Maritima, SA v. the Navemar · 303 U.S. 68 (1938)
• Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
• Berizzi Brothers Co. v. SS Pesaro · 271 U.S. 562 (1926)
• Oetjen v. Central Leather Co. · 246 U.S. 297 (1918)
• Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department · 377 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co. · 289 U.S. 479 (1933)
• The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh · 53 U.S. 443 (1852)
• United States v. California · 297 U.S. 175 (1936)
• Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation · 258 U.S. 549 (1922)
• US Bank v. PLANTERS'BANK · 22 U.S. 904 (1824)
• National City Bank of NY v. Republic of China · 348 U.S. 356 (1955)
• Ohio v. Helvering · 292 U.S. 360 (1934)
• New York v. United States · 326 U.S. 572 (1946)
• California v. Taylor · 353 U.S. 553 (1957)
• The Western Maid · 257 U.S. 419 (1922)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson · 507 U.S. 349 (1993)
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York · 551 U.S. 193 (2007)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Hall v. Hall · 584 U.S. 59 (2018)
• W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International · 493 U.S. 400 (1990)

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