Legal Opinion
Abdul-Rahman Omar Adra v. Clift
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 30, 1961No. Civ. 12478PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
This is an action under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1350, which provides:
“Alien’s action for tort
“The district courts shall have ■original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.”
Plaintiff, Abdul-Rahman Omar Adra, is an alien, a native citizen and national of the Republic of Lebanon, presently resident as its Ambassador to Iran at Teheran, Iran. He is and was bom an Arab, a Sunnite Moslem.
Defendant, Nesrine Adeeb (Adibe) Clift, the divorced wife of plaintiff and the present wife of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- In Re BurrusSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Kent v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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