WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is set to explore legal questions arising from the fraught history of US-Cuban relations when it considers the scope of a 1996 law that lets US nationals seek compensation for property confiscated by the communist-led Cuban government. The justices hear arguments on Monday in two cases centered on the federal law called the Helms-Burton Act, one involving US oil major ExxonMobil and the other involving the cruise lines Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises.

The justices have never interpreted Title III, under which Congress authorized the U.S. president to suspend if deemed "necessary to the national interests."

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is set to explore legal questions arising from the fraught history of US-Cuban relations when it considers the scope of a 1996 law that lets US…