Legal Opinion
Estate of Klieman by and Through Kesner v. Palestinian Auth.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 14, 2019No. 15-7034PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Senior Circuit Judge:
During the Second Intifada, Palestinian terrorists ambushed an Israeli public bus traveling in the West Bank and opened fire, killing an American schoolteacher, Esther Klieman. Klieman's estate (along with some survivors and heirs) sued numerous defendants-including the Palestinian Authority ("PA") and Palestinian Liberation Organization ("PLO")-under the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2331 , et seq ., among other laws. Having previously dismissed the case against all non-PA/PLO defendants for insufficient service of process, Estate of Klieman v.…
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