Legal Opinion
Siegel v. HSBC Holdings, PLC
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 14, 2017No. Case No. 15–cv–10139PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John Robert Blakey, United States District Judge
On November 9, 2005, terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq ("AQI")1 perpetuated coordinated bombings of three hotels in Amman, Jordan. Certain victims of that cowardly attack and their representatives2 now allege that Defendants HSBC Holdings, plc ("HSBC-Holdings"), HSBC Bank USA, N.A. ("HSBC-U.S."), HSBC Bank Middle East Limited ("HSBC-Middle East"), HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. ("HSBC-North America"), and Al Rajhi Bank facilitated AQI's access to *726American financial markets, thereby aiding and abetting AQI's terrorist activity in…
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