Argument sitting

February 2026 oral arguments

4 cases across 3 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern

Monday, February 23, 2026

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petitioner v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba), et al.24-699
Decided June 23, 2026
Does the Helms-Burton Act abrogate foreign sovereign immunity in cases against Cuban instrumentalities, even if the parties do not satisfy an exception under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?
Havana Docks Corporation, Petitioner v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., et al.24-983
Decided May 21, 2026
Is the legal right to sue under Title III of the LIBERTAD Act tied to the confiscated property claim or the hypothetical, unexpired duration of the original property interest?

Enbridge Energy, LP, et al., Petitioners v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan, on Behalf of the People of the State of Michigan24-783
Decided April 22, 2026
Do district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day procedural time limit for removal in 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1)?

Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung, Petitioner v. Isabella County, Michigan25-95
Decided June 23, 2026
1. When the government takes property for tax debt, does the Fifth Amendment require compensation based on the property’s true fair market value, or only on the lower amount it sold for at a tax foreclosure auction? 2. Does the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause prohibit the government from seizing and keeping a property worth far more than the small tax debt owed on it?