In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 [electronic resource] : Claims Against Saudi Defendants Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA).

Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (14 pages), digital, PDF file

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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.

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