Legal Opinion
Republic of Sudan, Ministry of External Affairs v. James Owens
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 20, 2018No. 17-SP-837PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fisher, Associate Judge:
Almost simultaneously on August 7, 1998, al Qaeda terrorists detonated powerful truck bombs outside the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing over two hundred people and injuring more than a thousand others. Owens v. Republic of Sudan , 864 F.3d 751 , 762 (D.C. Cir. 2017). Three years after the attacks, groups of plaintiffs began filing suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking to hold Sudan accountable for its role in the bombings. Id. Eventually, the case reached the United States Court of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Howard University v. BestDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- James Owens v. Republic of SudanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker ClinicDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
- Waldon v. CovingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by33 opinions
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