EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION V. CORPORACION CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), CORPRACION CIMEX, S.A. (Panama), AND UNION CUBA-PETROLEO [1:19-cv-01277; Washington DC]. 31 October 2021 to Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [21-7127 and 21-8010].

Steptoe & Johnson (plaintiff)
CrossCastle, PLLC (plaintiff)
Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C. (defendant)

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Case 21-7127

STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES TO BE PRESENTED ON APPEAL: Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba) (“CIMEX (Cuba)”) will present the following issues in the present appeal: 1. Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s expropriation exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3), alone controls Plaintiff’s action, so that its requirements must be satisfied for there to be subject matter and personal jurisdiction, or whether subject matter and personal jurisdiction may alternatively be established under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2); 2. Whether the requirements of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s “direct effect” prong of the commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2), have been satisfied as to CIMEX (Cuba).

Defendant Corporacion Cimex, S.A. (Cuba’s) Notice Of Appeal (10/31/21)
Certificate As To Parties, Rulings, And Related Cases (11/30/21)
Statement Of The Issues To Be Presented On Appeal (11/30/21)

Underlying Decisions From Which Appeal Arises (11/30/21)
Memorandum Opinion And Order (11/23/21)
Civil Docket For Case (11/31/21)

Case 21-8010

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW: Whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s expropriation exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3), alone controls Plaintiff’s statutory action for “trafficking” in “confiscated” property, so that its requirements must be satisfied for there to be subject-matter jurisdiction, or whether subject-matter jurisdiction may alternatively be established under the commercial activity exception, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2).

Petitioners Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Panama) And Unión Cuba-Petróleo’s Petition For Permission To Appeal Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. § 1292(B) (12/03/21)

Plaintiff Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Response To Petitioners’ Petition For Permission To Appeal Pursuant To 28 U.S.C.§ 1292(B) & Conditional Cross-Petition To Appeal Pursuant To 28 U.S.C. § 1292(B) (12/10/21)

Petitioners/Cross-Respondents Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Panama) And Unión Cuba-Petróleo’s Response To Conditional Cross-Petition And Reply (12/16/21)