Legal Opinion
Francis Gates v. Patrick Scott Baker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2014No. 13-2280, 14-1452PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
State-sponsored terrorism is an exception to the immunity usually available to foreign sovereigns in United States courts. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) expressly allows civil claims against foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities for acts of state-sponsored terrorism. See 28 U.S.C. § 1605A. The execution of such judgments against assets found in the United States is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1610. In these appeals, we interpret § 1610 to resolve a dispute between two groups of victims of terrorism over the priority of their competing…
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