February 27, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit against a World Bank Group unit over a power plant project in India, holding that international organizations do not enjoy broader immunity than foreign governments.
October 31, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the scope of immunity that international organizations like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund enjoy during oral arguments in a tort case Wednesday, trying to decipher the meaning of the word "is" in a 73-year-old statute.
September 18, 2018
Weighing in on a case brought by a group of Indian nationals over alleged environmental damage from a power plant project, a group of former U.S. secretaries of state and of the Treasury, including John Kerry, has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to continue allowing the International Finance Corp. to be immune from suits, arguing that multilateral development banks are fundamentally different from sovereign states.
May 21, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a D.C. Circuit decision holding that international organizations enjoy even more immunity from lawsuits than do foreign governments, taking up a case Monday from a group of Indian nationals suing the International Finance Corp. over a power plant project they say has wreaked havoc on the surrounding environment.