9/11 Victims May Get Second Shot at Suing Saudi Arabia, CRS Legal Sidebar

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Circuit courts.

Courts.

Foreign relations.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Also summarizes S. 1535 and H.R. 3143, both the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, to amend FSIA to allow civil suits to be brought in U.S. courts against foreign governments, foreign officials, and any person who aids, abets, or provides financial or material resources to persons who commit terrorist acts against the U.S.

Reviews recent developments related to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit order that a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia and a Saudi Government-run charity it earlier dismissed for lack of jurisdiction be reinstated to give the plaintiffs, victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, another opportunity to demonstrate that an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) permits their suit to go forward

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. 9/11 Victims May Get Second Shot at Suing Saudi Arabia

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CRS-2014-AML-0055

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