Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
| Saudi Arabia v. Nelson | |
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| Argued November 30, 1992 Decided March 23, 1993 | |
| Full case name | Saudi Arabia, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Royspec, Petitioners v. Scott Nelson, et ux. |
| Citations | 507 U.S. 349 (more) 113 S. Ct. 1471; 123 L. Ed. 2d 47; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 2398; 61 U.S.L.W. 4253; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 2039; 93 Daily Journal DAR 3620; 93 Daily Journal DAR 3772; 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 90 |
| Holding | |
| The wrongful injury claim brought by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson was not “based upon a commercial activity” according to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (Sec. 1605(a)(2). The Court of Appeals judgment was thereby reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Thomas; Kennedy (except last paragraph of part II) |
| Concurrence | White, joined by Blackmun |
| Concur/dissent | Kennedy, joined by Blackmun, Stevens (parts I-B and II) |
| Concur/dissent | Blackmun |
| Dissent | Stevens |
| Laws applied | |
| Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act | |
Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 507 U.S. 349 (1993), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered the term "based upon a commercial activity" within the meaning of the first clause of 1605(a)(2) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.