United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization
Consolidated with:
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-151 | 2nd Cir. | Apr 1, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | 9-0 | Roberts | OT 2024 |
Holding: The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act’s personal jurisdiction provision does not violate the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause because the statute reasonably ties the assertion of jurisdiction over the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority to conduct involving the United States and implicating sensitive foreign policy matters within the prerogative of the political branches.
Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 20, 2025. Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Justice Gorsuch joined as to Part II.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 08/08/2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2024) |
| 08/23/2024 | Brief of respondents Miriam Fuld, et al. in support filed. |
| 08/27/2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 11, 2024 to October 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 08/28/2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 18, 2024. |
| 10/18/2024 | Brief of respondents Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED. |
| 11/06/2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024. |
| 11/06/2024 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
| 12/02/2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024. |
| 12/06/2024 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 24-20 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| 12/06/2024 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 24-20. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 24-20. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED." |
| 02/10/2025 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. VIDED. |
| 02/13/2025 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. |
| 02/13/2025 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| 02/19/2025 | CIRCULATED |
| 02/28/2025 | Brief of respondents Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 04/01/2025 | Argued. For petitioners in 24-20: Kent A. Yalowitz, New York, N. Y. For petitioner in 24-151: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Mitchell R. Berger, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| 06/20/2025 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Gorsuch, J., joined as to Part II. VIDED. |