Legal Opinion
Robert E. Moore, a Single Man v. The United Kingdom, a Foreign Government Kenneth Southall John Does, I-X
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2004No. 01-36146PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
This case, which centers on a January 1997 bar fight in Tacoma, Washington, raises several questions of first impression in this circuit. Central among them is whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Status of Forces Agreement (NATO-SOFA), June 19, 1951, 4 U.S.T. 1792, TIAS No. 2846, precludes suit against the United Kingdom under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq., for noncommercial torts committed by its servicemen while present within the United States. We conclude that, pursuant to the NATO-SOFA, Moore’s exclusive…
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