Legal Opinion
Calderon-Cardona v. Bank of New York Mellon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 23, 2014No. 12-0075PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Before us on appeal is a matter of first impression regarding the interpretation of § 201 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1610 note) (“TRIA”) and §§ 1610(f)(1) and 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) (codified at 28 U.S.C.). The petitioners are family members of victims of state sponsored terrorism. They seek to enforce their 2010 judgment (“the underlying judgment”) obtained against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“North Korea”) by attaching the blocked assets of that state pursuant to TRIA § 201 and…
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