Justice Clarence Thomas authored a commanding 8-1 Supreme Court opinion Thursday holding that cruise lines can face liability for using property the Cuban government confiscated after the 1959 revolution, a ruling that revives litigation against four major cruise companies and sharpens Washington’s legal posture toward Havana at a moment of rising friction between the two governments.
The case, Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, turned on Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, a 1996 law that allows U.S. nationals to sue entities that “traffic” in confiscated Cuban property. Newsweek reported that the ruling effectively sends the case back to lower courts and reopens claims against Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, and MSC, four of the world’s largest cruise operators.
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