Collecting from blocked assets
Havlish v. Taliban
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Families of victims of the September 11 attacks and other terrorist attacks seek to collect court judgments from blocked assets under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.
- What's at stake
- The families’ ability to collect their judgments from the blocked assets remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Second Circuit ruled that the assets qualify only if their owner was a terrorist party’s agency or instrumentality when they were blocked; the Supreme Court petition is pending.
The families invoke the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to seek payment of court judgments from blocked assets.
Question presented
Under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, does a plaintiff’s right to execute on blocked assets depend on whether the assets’ owner was a terrorist party or its agency or instrumentality at the time the assets were blocked?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s November 13, 2026 conference; that does not mean review was granted or guarantee a decision date. The Court must decide whether to hear the case; no argument date or decision window is set.
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More questions
- What did the Second Circuit rule?
- It ruled that an asset qualifies only if its owner was a terrorist party or an organization acting for one when the asset was blocked.
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.