Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty et al.

Decided June 8, 2009. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-1090 · 556 U.S. 848 (2009) · Cited 130 times

Holding

Iraq is no longer subject to suit in federal court.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson · 507 U.S. 349 (1993)
• Sullivan v. Finkelstein · 496 U.S. 617 (1990)
• Clinton v. City of New York · 524 U.S. 417 (1998)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)

Cited by

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

• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Abbott v. United States · 562 U.S. 8 (2010)
• Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. · 603 U.S. 204 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2009). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).