In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 Claims Against Saudi Defendants Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actions and defenses.

Circuit courts.

Judge-made law.

Jurisdiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

Summarizes P.L. 94-583, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which limits how a foreign sovereign nation or its agents and instrumentalities may be sued in U.S. courts; and analyzes its jurisdiction in cases against foreign defendants. Discusses recent Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in In Re Terrorist Attacks , concerning whether U.S. courts have the power to try Saudi defendants

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

Publisher Number:

CRS-2013-AML-0235

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