Legal Opinion
Juan Romagoza Arce v. Jose Guillermo Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2006No. 02-14427PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
On its own motion, entered on August 5, 2005, the court vacated its opinion issued on February 28, 2005, in Arce v. Garcia, 400 F.3d 1340. We substitute the following as the opinion of the court:
The three plaintiffs in this case are Salvadoran refugees who were allegedly tortured by military personnel in El Salvador during a campaign of human rights violations by the Salvadoran military from 1979 to 1983; the two defendants were leaders in the Salvadoran military. All of the plaintiffs sought compensatory and punitive damages under the Torture Victim Protection Act…
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