Legal Opinion
Pugh v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBRYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 15, 2008No. Civil Action 02-02026 (HHK)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HENRY H. KENNEDY, Jr., District Judge.
This action is brought pursuant to the “terrorism exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7), arising from the September 19, 1989 bombing of Union des Transports Aeriens (“UTA”) Flight 772, over the Ten-ere Desert in the African country of Niger. The aircraft operating as UTA Flight 772, a DC-10-30 wide-body aircraft owned by Interlease, Inc. (“Interlease”), was en route to Paris, France from N’Djamena, Chad, when a suitcase bomb in the cargo hold exploded, killing all 170 passengers and crew on board.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Eric W. Forman, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Stethem v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2002
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