Legal Opinion
In Re Xe Services Alien Tort Litigation
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 21, 2009No. 1:09cv615, 1:09cv616, 1:09cv617, 1:09cv618, 1:09cv645PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
These five cases, consolidated for purposes of discovery and pretrial motions, present questions unresolved in this circuit concerning the scope and application of the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”). Plaintiffs- — all Iraqi nationals or the estates of deceased Iraqi nationals — claim that defendants are liable for various injuries or deaths that occurred in Iraq. Defendants seek dismissal of the cases for lack of federal subject-matter jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1),…
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