HANOCH TEL-OREN v. LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC

Civ. A. Nos. 81-0563, 81-0564.

517 F.Supp. 542 (1981)

HANOCH TEL-OREN, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC, et al., Defendants. HANOCH TEL-OREN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LIBYAN ARAB REPUBLIC, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Marcus, Oren R. Lewis, Jr., William E. Donnelly, Lewis, Wilson, Lewis & Jones, Alexandria, Va., Joseph Livne, Haifa, Israel, for plaintiffs.

Cherif Sedky, Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Karla J. Letsche, Hill, Christopher & Phillips, Washington, D. C., for Nat. Assn. of Arab Americans.

Linda Huber, Michael E. Tigar and Amanda G. Birrell, Tigar, Buffone & Doyle, Washington, D. C., for Palestine Congress of North America.

Michael Kennedy, New York City, for Palestine Information Office.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

These two actions allege multiple tortious acts as the result of the March 11, 1978 attack on a bus containing numerous citizens of and visitors to Israel, that occurred on a main highway between Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel. The matter was widely reported in the international press. The complaints charge the various defendants with torts in violation of both international law and criminal statutes...

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