RUX v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

Civil Action No. 2:04cv428.

672 F.Supp.2d 726 (2009)

Olivia RUX, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

December 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl David Gray, Gregory N. Stillman, Brent Lee VanNorman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, Douglas Knox Bemis, Jr., Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant.

Mark Anthony Exley, United States Attorney Office, Norfolk, VA, Varudhini Chilakamarri, Ronald James Wiltsie, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Alan Woodbury Young, Young Law Firm P.C., Portola Valley, CA, Timothy Paul Sceviour, Abrons Fasanaro & Sceviour PLLC, Mary Jane Hall, Kaufman & Canoles P.C., Norfolk, VA, Nelson Marion Jones, III, Nelson M. Jones III, Houston, TX, Andrew C. Hall, Hall Lamb and Hall P.A., Miami, FL, James Davis Cooper-Hill, James D. Cooper-Hill, Rockport, TX, for Plaintiff.

Kelly Gurley Roberts, The Law Office of John W. Bonney P.C., Norfolk, VA, for Brady Costelow, (Notice).


OPINION & ORDER

ROBERT G. DOUMAR, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on remand from the Fourth Circuit. The Fourth Circuit instructed this Court to "determine whether FSIA's creation of a private right of action for state-sponsored terrorism takes precedent over DOHSA's remedy for death on the high seas when, as here, terrorism-related deaths occurred on the high seas." Rux v. Republic of Sudan, No. 07-1835 (4th Cir. July 14...

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