Legal Opinion
Owens v. Republic of Sudan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 28, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2001-2244PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs in these two cases are victims and family members of victims of the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Having obtained default judgments against Sudan and Iran for their roles in those bombings, they now wish to begin enforcing those judgments. In doing so, they must comply with rules for attaching and executing on the property of a foreign state contained in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1610. Attachment and execution under the FSIA cannot occur until, among other…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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