Legal Opinion
Stansell v. Republic of Cuba
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 4, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2015-1519PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
Three American citizens held hostage by a terrorist group and the family members of a fourth American citizen killed during the hostage-taking filed suit against the Republic of Cuba under the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605A. Plaintiffs allege that Cuba provided material support to the Fuerzas Armadas Revoluc inarias de Colombia, a designated foreign terrorist organization commonly known as “the FARC,” which made possible the FARC’s shooting down of their aircraft, extrajudicial…
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