Legal Opinion
Acree, Clifford v. Repub Iraq
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 4, 2004No. 12-5148PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
Opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
Appellees in this case are 17 American soldiers, joined by their close family members, who were captured and held as pris*43oners of war by the Iraqi Government while serving in the Gulf War in early 1991. Appellees brought suit in the District Court under the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7) (2000), against the Republic of Iraq, the Iraqi Intelligence Service, and…
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