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Steven M. Greenbaum, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Judith (Shoshana) Lillian Greenbaum, Deceased, et al. v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 22-5080, 22-5081, 22-5083, 22-5085 · judgment May 9, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1610 (note), provides that “blocked assets”—assets that have been “seized or frozen by the United States” under one of two sanctions laws—“shall be subject to execution or attachment in aid of execution” in satisfaction of terrorismbased judgments. The question presented is whether this statutory text waives the United States’ federal sovereign immunity over assets that have been seized or frozen by the United States.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Patrick Nicholas Petrocelli
Hogan Lovells US LLP
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jan 08 2024Petition DENIED.
- Dec 20 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Dec 14 2023Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
- Nov 09 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2023)
- Sep 29 2023Application (23A279) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 9, 2023.
- Sep 27 2023Application (23A279) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 8, 2023 to November 9, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.