Legal Opinion
Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 23, 2000No. Civil Action 96-1118 (PLF)PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought suit seeking damages for claims arising out of various instances of alleged torture suffered at the hands of the defendant, the Republic of Iraq, a sovereign nation. Defendant has moved to dismiss for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(1), (2) and (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Iraq asserts that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq., gives it immunity from suit in the courts of this country and that none of the…
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