Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-842	2d Cir.	Apr 21, 2014	Jun 16, 2014	7-1	Scalia	OT 2013

Holding: The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 does not provide a foreign-sovereign judgment debtor with immunity from post-judgment discovery of information concerning its extraterritorial assets.

Judgment: Affirmed, 7-1, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on June 16, 2014.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

No relief for Argentina on debt (Lyle Denniston, June 16, 2014)
The Argentine bond saga, made simple (Lyle Denniston, June 11, 2014)
Argument analysis: The problem when a pitfall opens (Lyle Denniston, April 21, 2014)
Argument preview: A global search for money (Lyle Denniston, April 16, 2014)
Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, April 4, 2013)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/07/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2013)
02/01/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 11, 2013.
03/11/2013	Brief of respondent NML Capital, Ltd. in opposition filed.
03/26/2013	Reply of petitioner Republic of Argentina filed.
03/27/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
04/15/2013	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
11/22/2013	Supplemental brief of petitioner Republic of Argentina filed.
12/04/2013	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
12/18/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.
12/18/2013	Supplemental brief of respondent NML Capital, Ltd. filed. (Distributed)
01/10/2014	Petition GRANTED.
02/11/2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 21, 2014
02/24/2014	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
02/24/2014	Brief of petitioner Republic of Argentina filed.
02/28/2014	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondent.
03/03/2014	Brief amici curiae of United States filed.
03/03/2014	Brief amicus curiae of The Clearing House filed. (Distributed)
03/10/2014	CIRCULATED.
03/21/2014	Record received from U.S.C.A 2nd Circuit is electronic. (Update on 03/31/2014 record received from U.S.C.A 2nd Circuit is also electronic).
03/21/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
03/26/2014	Brief of respondent NML Capital, Ltd. filed. (Distributed)
03/31/2014	Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute & Former State Department Officials filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Aurelius Entities filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of South Carolina and 20 Other States filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Family Members and Estates of Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Montreux Partners, L.P., et al. filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Additional Family Members of Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amicus curiae of The Hispanic American Center for Economic Research filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Manufacturers filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of The Judicial Education Project and Professors of Law filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Individual Bondholder Judgment Creditors filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amici curiae of Professors Lester Brickman and The Center for the Rule of Law filed. (Distributed)
04/02/2014	Brief amicus curiae of The Judicial Crisis Network filed. (Distributed)
04/14/2014	Reply of petitioner Republic of Argentina filed. (Distributed)
04/18/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
04/21/2014	Argued. For petitioner: Jonathan I. Blackman, New York, N. Y.; and Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D. C.
06/16/2014	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Sotomayor, J., took no part in the decision of the case.
07/18/2014	JUDGMENT ISSUED