Legal Opinion

Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided August 24, 2016No. Docket 15-1580PublishedCited by 23 opinions

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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