Legal Opinion
Hwang, Geum Joo v. Japan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 27, 2003No. 17-5236PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by GINSBURG, Chief Judge.
GINSBURG, Chief Judge:
The appellants are 15 women from China, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Phillip-pines; they brought this suit against Japan, seeking money damages for having been subjected to sexual slavery and torture before and during World War II. The district court held Japan immune from suit pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330, 1602-1611, because it had not waived its immunity and the conduct alleged did not come within the commercial activity exception to the FSIA. The district court also…
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