Legal Opinion
Chalabi v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 24, 2008No. 07-7141PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
On August 11, 2004, Ahmad Chalabi sued the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in federal court, alleging a civil RICO conspiracy and various torts related to Jordan’s seizure of his bank some fifteen years earlier. Finding that Chalabi had alleged facts supporting jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign, the district court dispensed with jurisdictional discovery and dismissed Chalabi’s claims as time-barred. We agree with both the approach and the result, and so affirm.
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Because the district court granted Jordan’s motion to…
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