Legal Opinion

Estate of Justin Shults v. Syrian Arab Republic

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 30, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2021-2417Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ESTATE OF JUSTIN SHULTS et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 21-2417 (TJK) SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Three groups of Americans—two families and a party of missionaries—were killed or in- jured when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the “Islamic State” or “ISIS,” caused the suicide bombing of the Brussels International Airport in Belgium in March 2016. Justin Shults, Stephanie Shults-Moore and Gail Martinez perished from their injuries, and Melchizedek “Kato” Martinez, Kianni Martinez,…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. James Madison Limited, by Norman F. Hecht, Sr., Assignee v. Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  2. David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm BeechCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  3. Mwani, Odilla Mutaka v. Bin Ladin, UsamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
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  5. Rothstein v. UBS AGCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013

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