Supreme Court Allows US Company to Sue Over Seized Assets in Cuba

The justices considered the scope of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which allows U.S. companies to sue over property confiscated by Cuba.

The Supreme Court in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 on May 21 that a U.S. company should be able to sue cruise lines for using its business assets that Cuba’s communist government seized decades ago.

The case is Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, which the justices heard on Feb. 23.