Legal Opinion
Kasippillai Manoharan v. Percy Rajapaksa
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 29, 2013No. 12-5087PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
The plaintiffs have brought civil claims against the sitting president of Sri Lanka under the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 note. Although the defendant maintains that the plaintiffs failed to serve him with process, he appeared before the district court for the limited purpose of requesting the United States’ view as to whether he was immune from suit. The United States Department of State filed a Suggestion of Immunity in the district court. Without expressing any opinion regarding the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims, the…
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