Legal Opinion
Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 2012PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
Plaintiffs are several dozen United States, Canadian, and Israeli citizens who reside in Israel and were injured, or whose family members were killed or injured, in rocket attacks allegedly launched by Hizballah during the Second Lebanon War in July and August 2006. Hizballah is designated by the United States Department of State as an Islamic terrorist organization. Plaintiffs brought suit in July 2008 in Supreme Court against the Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL (LCB or the bank), a now defunct bank headquartered in Beirut,1 claiming that LCB, with *331the aid of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Best Van Lines, Inc. v. Tim Walker, Docket No. 04-3924-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Kreutter v. McFadden Oil Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SALCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
- McGowan v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by179 opinions
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- Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
- Kaplan v. Lebanese Canadian BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
- Frank Paterno v. Laser Spine InstituteNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
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