Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Royspec v. Scott Nelson et Ux.

Decided March 23, 1993. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-522 · 507 U.S. 349 (1993) · Cited 711 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
• Sheridan v. United States · 487 U.S. 392 (1988)
• Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · 425 U.S. 682 (1976)
• United States v. Shearer · 473 U.S. 52 (1985)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• Feres v. United States · 340 U.S. 135 (1950)
• First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba · 462 U.S. 611 (1983)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Montana v. United States · 440 U.S. 147 (1979)
• Melkonyan v. Sullivan · 501 U.S. 89 (1991)
• United States v. Gaubert · 499 U.S. 315 (1991)
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72 (1990)
• Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · 349 U.S. 322 (1955)
• Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. · 488 U.S. 428 (1989)
• US Bank v. PLANTERS'BANK · 22 U.S. 904 (1824)

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• Hughes v. United States · 584 U.S. 675 (2018)
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York · 551 U.S. 193 (2007)
• Jam v. International Finance Corp. · 586 U.S. 199 (2019)
• Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp · 592 U.S. 169 (2021)
• Hungary v. Simon · 604 U.S. 115 (2025)
• Republic of Iraq v. Beaty · 556 U.S. 848 (2009)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Edwards · 540 U.S. 389 (2004)

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