Legal Opinion
Pan Am Flight 73 Liaison Group v. Dave
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 9, 2010No. 1:10-cv-00077PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
This action arises out of a dispute over the enforceability of a contract — termed the Joint Prosecution Agreement (“JPA” or “the Agreement”) — by which victims of the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 agreed to jointly pursue legal remedies. Giatri Davé and Gargi Davé, victims of the hijacking and respondents here, brought suit in California state court seeking a declaratory judgment that the JPA was unenforceable. The Pan Am Flight 73 Liaison Group (“the LG”), a defendant in the Davés’ California action and the movant here, thereafter…
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