Republic of Sudan, Petitioner v. Rick Harrison

Summary

The Court held that service of process on a foreign state under 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(3) must be mailed directly to the foreign minister’s office in the minister’s home country, not to the foreign state’s embassy in the United States, and therefore reversed the appellate court’s judgment and remanded for further proceedings. Justice Thomas dissented, arguing that service to the embassy satisfies the statute.