Legal Opinion
Hasenfus v. Secord
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 15, 1992No. Nos. 91-5106, 91-5107PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
We affirm the district court’s ruling that Richard Secord, Albert Hakim, Southern Air Transport (SAT) and Corporate Air Services (CAS) are not liable to Eugene and Sally Hasenfus and Kasanee Sawyer for damages resulting from covert air missions to resupply the Nicaraguan “'Contras.”
FACTS
In 1985, the United States Congress discontinued funding for the “Contras,” a military force seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. Soon thereafter, Oliver North, a United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and National Security Council aide, undertook to arrange covert…
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