Saudi Arabia v. Nelson

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Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 30, 1992
Decided March 23, 1993
Full case name: Saudi Arabia et al. v. Nelson et ux.
Citations: 507 U.S. 349
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Associate Justices: Byron White, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority by: Souter
Joined by: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, and Thomas
Concurrence by: White
Joined by: Blackmun
Concurrence by: Kennedy
Joined by: Blackmun and Stevens
Concurrence by: Blackmun
Dissent by: Stevens

Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 507 U.S. 349 (1993) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, 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.

[edit] Facts

A US citizen Nelson filed suit against Saudi Arabia for alleged abuse and torture suffered while under arrest in Saudi Arabia.

[edit] See also

List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 507

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