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, 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
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
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.