Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Issue: Whether Section 1609 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, which provides that the property of a foreign state and its agencies and instrumentalities is immune from execution and attachment unless that property falls within a statutory exception to immunity, permits discovery in aid of execution only with respect to specific property identified by the plaintiff as potentially subject to attachment. (Scalia, J., and Kagan, J., recused)