Republic of Hungary v. Simon (Argued 12/7/2020)

Was it proper for the district court to abstain from exercising jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for reasons of international comity, because the plaintiffs made no attempt to exhaust local Hungarian remedies?

Advocates:
Gregory Silbert, for the petitioners
Benjamin W. Snyder, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners
Sarah E. Harrington, for the respondents

Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (Argued 12/7/2020)

1. Does the “expropriation exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act provide jurisdiction over claims that a foreign sovereign has violated international human-rights law when taking property from its own national within its own borders?

2. Does the doctrine of international comity preclude the exercise of jurisdiction in this case?

Advocates:
Jonathan M. Freiman, for the petitioners
Edwin S. Kneedler, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioners
Nicholas M. O'Donnell, for the respondents

Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid (Argued 12/8/2020)

Does the definition of an "automatic telephone dialing system" in the Telephone and Consumer Protection Act of 1991 encompass any device that can “store” and “automatically dial” telephone numbers, even if the device does not “use a random or sequential number generator”?

Advocates:
Paul D. Clement, for the petitioner
Jonathan Y. Ellis, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the petitioner
Bryan A. Garner, for the respondents

Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc. (Argued 12/8/2020)

Does an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negate an otherwise clear and unmistakable delegation of questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator?

Advocates:
Kannon K. Shanmugam, for the petitioner
Daniel L. Geyser, for the respondent

Collins v. Mnuchin (Argued 12/9/2020)

1. Does the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) structure violate the separation of powers?

2. If so, what is the proper remedy for a final agency action that FHFA took when it was unconstitutionally structured?

Advocates:
Hashim M. Mooppan, on behalf of the federal parties
Aaron L. Nielson, Court-appointed amicus curiae
David H. Thompson, on behalf of the petitioners in 19-422 and the respondents in 19-563