Legal Opinion
Wyatt v. Syrian Arab Republic
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 17, 2012No. Civil No. 08-502 (RCL)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Marvin T. Wilson and Ronald Wyatt were abducted and held hostage in Turkey for twenty-one days by terrorists belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (“PKK”). This action was brought by Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wyatt’s estate, and members of both of their families against the Syrian Arab Republic (“Syria”) pursuant to the updated state-sponsored terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605A. For reasons given below, the Court now enters final judgment against Syria, and orders…
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