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Mehinovic v. Vuckovic

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided May 2, 2002No. 1:98-cv-02470PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

SHOOB, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction .1329

II. Background.1329

III. Defendant Nikola Vuckovic.1331

IV. The Plaintiffs’ Ordeals.1332

A. Kemal Mehinovic.1332

B. Muhamed Bicic.1334

C. Safet Hadzialijagic.1336

D. Hasan Subasic .1338

V. ’’Ethnic Cleansing” — -The Context of Defendant’s Actions.1340

VI. Jurisdiction.1343

VII. Plaintiffs’ATCA and TVPA Claims .1343

A. Torture .1344

1. ATCA.•.1344

2. TVPA.1347

B. Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment.1347

C. Arbitrary Detention.1349

D. War Crimes.1360

1. Common Article 3. 1360

2. Grave Breaches.1361

E. Crimes Against Humanity.1362

F. Genocide.1364

VIII.…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  3. Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-IralaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
  4. S. Kadic, on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of Her Infant Sons Benjamin and Ognjen, Internationalna Iniciativa Zena Bosne I Hercegovine "Biser," and Zene Bosne I Hercegovine v. Radovan Karadzic, Jane Doe I, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated and Jane Doe Ii, on Behalf of Herself and as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Deceased Mother, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Radovan KaradzicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  5. Siderman de Blake v. Republic of ArgentinaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  2. Elsa Cabello v. Armando Fernandez-LariosCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  3. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2003
  4. John Roe I v. Bridgestone Corp.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2007
  5. Mujica v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 2005

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