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REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA v. NML CAPITAL, LTD.

No. 12-842.

134 S.Ct. 2250 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 234

REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, Petitioner v. NML CAPITAL, LTD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan I. Blackman , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Edwin S. Kneedler , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Theodore B. Olson , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Jonathan I. Blackman , Counsel of Record, Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr. , Daniel J. Northrop , Michael M. Brennan , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner The Republic of Argentina.

Robert A. Cohen , Dechert LLP, New York, NY, Theodore B. Olson , Counsel of Record, Matthew D. McGill , Scott P. Martin , Scott G. Stewart , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA or Act), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602 et seq., limits the scope of discovery available to a judgment creditor in a federal postjudgment execution proceeding against a foreign sovereign.

I. Background

In 2001, petitioner, Republic of Argentina, defaulted on its external...

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