Legal Opinion
Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Organization
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 31, 2016No. 15-3135PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:
In this case, eleven American families sued the Palestine Liberation Organization (“PLO”) and the Palestinian Authority (“PA”) (collectively, “defendants”) 1 under the Anti-Terrorism Act (“ATA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2333(a), for various terror attacks in Israel that killed or wounded the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants (“plaintiffs”) or their family members. 2
The defendants repeatedly argued before the District Court for the Southern District of New York that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over them in light of their minimal presence in, and the lack of…
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3Cited by213 opinions
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