Legal Opinion
Sheikh v. Republic of the Sudan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 28, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2014-2090PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
The statute of limitations applicable to suits brought under the so-called “terrorism exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, is generous to plaintiffs. Indeed, just yesterday this Court concluded that a suit arising from the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was timely even though not filed until 2012. Owens v. Republic of Sudan, No. 01-cv-2244, 2016 WL 1170919, *18-21, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37467, at *57-64 (D.D.C. Mar. 23, 2016). But that generosity is not boundless. Plaintiffs…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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