Legal Opinion
Rothstein v. UBS AG
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 3, 2011No. 08 Civ. 4414(JSR)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
In an Opinion and Order dated August 23, 2009, this Court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims that defendant UBS AG (“UBS”) aided and abetted international terrorism and aided and abetted violations of customary international law. See Rothstein v. UBS AG, 647 F.Supp.2d 292, 293 (S.D.N.Y.2009). Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal on September 29, 2009, and, while the appeal was pending, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2705, 177 L.Ed.2d 355 (2010). Finding that “[i]t…
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