Legal Opinion

Owens v. Republic of Sudan

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided October 24, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2001-2244PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge

Over sixteen years ago, simultaneous suicide bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, devastated two United States embassies, killed hundreds of people, and injured over a thousand more. This Court has entered final judgment on liability under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) and District of Columbia law in this and other civil actions — brought by victims of the bombings and their families — against the Republic of Sudan, the Ministry of the Interi- or of the Republic of Sudan, the Islamic…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  2. Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  3. Peterson v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
  4. Reed v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
  5. Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab RepublicDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
  2. Moradi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
  3. Akins v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  4. Wamai v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
  5. Owens v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015

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