Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S. A. (Cuba) · ¶16

For decades afterwards, Exxon had no good way to sue the Cuban government entities and seek compensation for its confiscated property. Things started to change in 1996, when Cuba shot down two unarmed private planes in international airspace, killing three American citizens. That incident generated outrage in the United States, and soon thereafter, Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act. 110 Stat. 785, 22 U. S. C. §6021 et seq. That Act is commonly known as the Helms-Burton Act after its principal congressional sponsors, Senator Jesse Helms and Representative Dan Burton.

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