FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY v. PHILIPP

No. 19-351.

141 S.Ct. 703 (2021)

592 U.S. 169

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, et al., Petitioners, v. Alan PHILIPP, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Freiman , Counsel of Record, Tadhg Dooley , Benjamin M. Daniels , David R. Roth , Wiggin And Dana LLP, New Haven, CT, David L. Hall , Wiggin And Dana LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioners.

Nicholas M. O'Donnell , Erika L. Todd , Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Boston, MA, for Respondents.


The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act provides that foreign nations are presumptively immune from the jurisdiction of United States courts. The statute, however, sets forth several specific exceptions. One such exception provides that a sovereign does not enjoy immunity in any case "in which...

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