Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

The Court holds that under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, a plaintiff need not show the defendant trafficked in the plaintiff's particular property interest; using the underlying confiscated physical property is enough. Four cruise lines that embarked passengers from docks in the Port of Havana between 2016 and 2019 used 'property which was confiscated by the Cuban Government,' even though Havana Docks Corporation's time-limited concession in those docks would have expired in 2004. CASE: Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. AUTHOR: Thomas, J. DECIDED: 2026-05-21 OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-983_c07d.pdf AI DISCLOSURE: The voices in this podcast are AI-generated. The narration is produced by a machine-learning voice synthesis model. Tone, inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be attributed to any individual. The text being read is the majority opinion as published by the Supreme Court of the United States with light adaptations to improve readability.