Yegiazaryan v. Smagin

Yegiazaryan v. Smagin
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 25, 2023 Decided June 22, 2023
Full case name	Ashot Yegiazaryan, aka Ashot Egiazaryan v. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al. CMB Monaco, fka Compagnie Monegasque de Banque v. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin, et al.
Docket nos.	22-381 22-383
Citations	599 U.S. 533 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Questions presented
1. Does a foreign plaintiff state a cognizable civil RICO claim when it suffers an injury to intangible property, and if so, under what circumstances. 2. Whether a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States may nevertheless allege a "domestic" injury under RJR Nabisco sufficient to maintain a RICO action based only on injury to intangible property.
Holding
A plaintiff alleges a domestic injury for purposes of §1964(c) when the circumstances surrounding the injury indicate it arose in the United States.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson
Dissent	Alito, joined by Thomas; Gorsuch (Part I)
Laws applied
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, 599 U.S. 533 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Court decided how the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act applied to extraterritorial claims of damage to intangible property.