Argued

No. 24-699

Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba), et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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Docket Entries

Argued. For petitioner: Morgan L. Ratner, Washington, D. C.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Jules L. Lobel, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Reply of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Relations and Separation of Powers Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign Sovereign Immunity Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Foreign International Law Scholars, et al. filed.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondents Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), et al. filed.

Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.

Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, February 23, 2026.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of King Ranch, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of petitioner filed.

Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 28, 2025. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 9, 2026.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

Supplemental brief of respondents Corporación Cimex, S.A. (Cuba), et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.

Reply of petitioner Exxon Mobil Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), et al. in opposition filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 2, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 3, 2025 to April 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.

Brief amici curiae of King Ranch Inc., et al. filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 3, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 30, 2025 to March 3, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2025)

Application (24A330) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 27, 2024.

Application (24A330) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 28, 2024 to December 27, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall

Corporación CIMEX, S.A. (Cuba), Corporación CIMEX, S.A (Panama), Unión Cuba-Petróleo, Respondent, represented by Michael Robert Krinsky

Amici Curiae

Atlantic Legal Foundation & DRI Center for Law and Public Policy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Ebner

Foreign International Law Scholars and Jurists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christina Georgia Hioureas

Foreign Relations and Separation of Powers Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Brooke Condon

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christina Georgia Hioureas

King Ranch Inc., Vertientes-Camaguey Sugar Company, and Grant Manheim, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jared Robert Butcher

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilana Hope Eisenstein

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

 
Last updated: April 18, 2026