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It determines how creditors collect debts from sovereign entities."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 11-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 11-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 7-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 7-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-39"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 41-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 41-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 19-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 19-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 35-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 35-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 49-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 49-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 31-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 31-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 5-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 5-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 3-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 3-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 35-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 35-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 47-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 47-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 9-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 9-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 35-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 35-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 9-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 9-19"}]}],"slug":"2013-12-842-republic-of-argentina-v-nml-capital-ltd","term":"2013","title":"Can U.S. courts compel foreign states to reveal global assets?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 17, lines 11-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 17, lines 11-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 27, lines 7-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 27, lines 7-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-842_2135.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-39"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}