Legal Opinion
Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 18, 2005No. Nos. 03 MDL 1570(RCC), 02 CIV. 1616, 02 CIV. 6977, 02 CIV. 7300, 03 CIV. 5071, 03 CIV. 5738, 03 CIV. 6978, 03 CIV. 7036, 03 CIV. 8591PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion and Order
CASEY, District Judge.
On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of the al Qaeda terrorist network hijacked four United States passenger airplanes and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and — due to passengers’ efforts to foil the hijackers — an open field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thousands of people on the planes, in the buildings, and on the ground were killed in those attacks, countless others were injured, and billions of dollars of property was destroyed.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, on…
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