Legal Opinion
Hurst v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 1, 2007No. Civil Action 02-02147(HHK)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNEDY, District Judge.
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet in the air over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 passengers on board and eleven people on the ground. Among those killed were U.S. citizens Walter Porter, Roger Eugene Hurst, John Mulroy and Bridget Concan-non. Eleven of their family members bring this action, 1 individually and as personal representatives, against the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Jamahiriya Security Organization (“JSO”), and the Libyan Arab Airline (“LAA”) (collectively “Libya”), as well as…
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