Reviving old court judgments
Palestine Liberation Organization v. Sokolow
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- The Palestine Liberation Organization and its co-petitioners ask whether the Second Circuit could restore a judgment it had set aside because it lacked legal authority over the parties, relying on a later statute that created a basis for jurisdiction.
- What's at stake
- The PLO and its co-petitioners have no Supreme Court answer yet on whether the Second Circuit could restore the judgment.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Their petition was distributed for a Supreme Court conference; that step does not mean the Court agreed to hear the case.
The dispute turns on timing: the later law created a basis for jurisdiction after the judgment had become final and appeals had ended.
Question presented
Whether a court of appeals’ equitable power to recall a mandate permits it to reinstate a final judgment that was vacated for lack of personal jurisdiction years prior, based on personal jurisdiction arising under a statute that did not create that jurisdiction until long after the original, vacated judgment became “final” and all appeals were finished.
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court's Nov. 13, 2026 conference, the next identified step in deciding whether to hear it. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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