Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
In July and August 2006, Hezbollah carried out a series of terrorist rocket attacks on civilians in Israel. Several dozen United States, Israeli, and Canadian civilians seek to hold Defendant-Appellee Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL (“LCB”), a Lebanese bank headquartered in Beirut, liable for providing international financial services to Hezbollah that they claim facilitated Hezbollah’s attacks that injured them or killed family members. These civilians assert claims against LCB under the Anti-Terrorism Act and Israeli tort law. 1 In addition, some of the Israeli and…
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