Legal Opinion
Price v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 28, 2002No. 00-7244PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a lawsuit brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611 (1999), by two American citizens who sued the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahi-riya (“Libya”) for torture and hostage taking. Plaintiffs’ lawsuit seeks cover under a recent amendment to the FSIA which strips certain foreign states - including Libya - of their sovereign immunity in American courts when they engage in such conduct. See 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7).
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