Supreme Court of the United States
Republic of Sudan, Petitioner v. Rick Harrison
March 26, 2019587 U.S. 1
Summary
The Court held that 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3) requires that a service packet mailed to a foreign minister under the FSIA be addressed to the minister's office in the foreign state, not their embassy in the United States. The Court reversed and remanded the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Justice Thomas dissented, arguing that embassy service complies with the FSIA absent evidence the embassy declined the packet.
Holding
- Service of process under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3). Section 1608(a)(3) requires a mailing to be sent directly to the foreign minister’s office in the foreign state.
Docket 16-1094
Cited authorities
- 28 U.S.C. § 1605
- 28 U.S.C. § 1605
- 28 U.S.C. §§1604
- 28 U.S.C. §1608
- 28 U.S.C. §§1604
- 28 U.S.C. §1608
- 28 U.S.C. §1963
- Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c)
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