Legal Opinion
Simon v. Republic of Iraq
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 2008No. 06-7175, 06-7178PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in these two consolidated actions sued Iraq, the Iraqi Intelligence Service, and Saddam Hussein (together, Iraq) alleging they had tortured and taken certain of them hostage during the 1990-91 Gulf War. The plaintiffs relied upon 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7), the exception in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), § 1602 et seq., that allowed for lawsuits against state sponsors of terrorism. The district court dismissed the actions as untimely and the plaintiffs appealed. Iraq defends the district…
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