Legal Opinion
Sundus Saleh v. George Bush
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2017No. 15-15098PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Sundus Shaker Saleh sues several individuals who served as high-ranking officials in the administration of President George W. Bush. Plaintiff claims that the former officials conspired to engage in, and did engage in, a war of aggression against Iraq and that, in doing so, they violated the “law of nations” within the meaning of the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350. The district court substituted the United States for the officials as the sole defendant pursuant to the West-fall Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2679(d)(1), and then dismissed the case…
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