Legal Opinion
Waldman v. Palestine Liberation Org.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 31, 2016No. 15-3135PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
*573In this case, eleven American families sued the defendants, the Palestine Liberation Organization ("PLO") and the Palestinian Authority ("PA"), under the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2333(a), for various terror attacks in Israel that killed or wounded the plaintiffs or their family members. After a seven-week trial, the jury awarded the plaintiffs damages which, after trebling, amounted to $ 655.5 million. On appeal, this Court held that the federal courts lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants with respect to the plaintiffs' claims. This Court vacated the judgment of the…
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