Legal Opinion
Massie v. Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 30, 2008No. Civil Action 06-00749 (HHK)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HENRY H. KENNEDY, JR., District Judge.
This action is brought pursuant to the “terrorism exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7) (“FSIA”), and arises from the kidnaping, imprisonment and torture of United States citizens who were aboard the USS Pueblo (“Pueblo”) when the vessel was captured by agents of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“North Korea”) in January 1968. Plaintiffs are William Thomas Massie and Donald Raymond McClarren, members of the Pueblo’s crew, Rose Bucher, the widow of Lloyd Bucher (“Cdr. Bucher”), the…
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