Supreme Court Struggles With Lawsuit Over Stolen Holocaust Assets

The District of Columbia Circuit previously ruled that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not prevent the descendants from suing Hungary.

The Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 2, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 3 grappled a second time in three years with whether foreigners should have access to U.S. courts in lawsuits over assets seized during the Holocaust.

Justices seemed largely sympathetic to Hungary’s arguments during the hearing in Republic of Hungary v. Simon. Like Hungary itself, Hungarian State Railways—called Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt. in the complaint—is also a petitioner in the case.