Legal Opinion
James Owens v. Republic of Sudan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 28, 2017No. 14-5105; Consolidated with 14-5106; 14-5107; 14-7124; 14-7125; 14-7127; 14-7128; 14-7207; 16-7044; 16-7045; 16-7046; 16-7048; 16-7049; 16-7050; 16-7052PublishedCited by 219 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Senior Circuit Judge:
Table of Contents
I. Background 762
A. The FSIA Terrorism Exception 763
B. History of this Litigation 765
II. Extrajudicial Killings 769
A, Textual Arguments 770
1. State action requirements under international law 770
2. International law and the TVPA 772
3. State action requirements in the TVPA and the FSIA terrorism exception 773
B. Statutory Purpose 775
O. ■ Statutory History 777
III. Sufficiency of the Evidence Supporting. Jurisdiction 778
A. The Evidentiary Hearing 779
1. The sources of evidence presented 779
2. The district court’s findings of fact 781
B. Standard of…
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