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Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

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Issue: Whether an individual or entity need only provide “material services” to a foreign state sponsor of terrorism in order to qualify as its “agency or instrumentality“ under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, or whether the individual or entity must satisfy a stricter definition based on majority ownership or control by the foreign state, such as the definition of “agency or instrumentality” set forth in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Feb. 27, 2017, 11:23 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/02/petition-of-the-day-1101/