Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 23, 2004No. CIV.A. 03-1771(JDB)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
Presently before the Court in this action brought by plaintiff John W. Peterson against the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“Saudi Arabia”) and the General Organization of Social Insurance (“GOSI”), an instrumentality of Saudi Arabia (together “defendants”), are the motion of defendants to dismiss the complaint and the motion of plaintiff to strike or, in the alternative, for leave to file a sur-reply. For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant defendants’ motion and deny plaintiffs motion. 1
BACKGROUND
The following facts are alleged by plaintiff.…
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