Jam v. International Finance Corp.

Decided February 27, 2019. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1011 · 586 U.S. 199 (2019) · Cited 72 times

Holding

The International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 affords international organizations the same immunity from suit that foreign governments enjoy today under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
• Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson · 538 U.S. 468 (2003)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc. · 462 U.S. 19 (1983)
• West v. Gibson · 527 U.S. 212 (1999)
• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson · 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
• Richards v. United States · 369 U.S. 1 (1962)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · 456 U.S. 63 (1982)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson · 507 U.S. 349 (1993)
• Samantar v. Yousuf · 560 U.S. 305 (2010)
• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. · 569 U.S. 108 (2013)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• Carcieri v. Salazar · 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• Carr v. United States · 560 U.S. 438 (2010)
• Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)
• McNeill v. United States · 563 U.S. 816 (2011)
• Gilbert v. United States · 370 U.S. 650 (1962)
• Leo Sheep Co. v. United States · 440 U.S. 668 (1979)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States · 585 U.S. 274 (2018)
• OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs · 577 U.S. 27 (2015)
• Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int'l Drilling Co. · 581 U.S. 170 (2017)
• Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC · 584 U.S. 241 (2018)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)

Cited by

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

• Brown v. United States · 602 U.S. 101 (2024)
• Garland v. Cargill · 602 U.S. 406 (2024)

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