HARRISON v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

Docket No. 14-121-cv.

802 F.3d 399 (2015)

Rick HARRISON, John Buckley, III, Margaret Lopez, Andy Lopez, Keith Lorensen, Lisa Lorensen, Edward Love, Robert McTureous, David Morales, Gina Morris, Martin Songer, Jr., Shelly Songer, Jeremy Stewart, Kesha Stidham, Aaron Toney, Eric Williams, Carl Wingate, Tracey Smith, as personal representative of the Estate of Rubin Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, Defendant-Appellant, Advanced Chemical Works, aka Advanced Commercial and Chemical Works Company Limited, aka Advanced Training and Chemical Works Company Limited, Accounts & Electronics Equipments, aka Accounts and Electronics Equipments, et al., Defendants, National Bank Of Egypt, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Hall ( Brandon Levitt , on the brief), Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Asim Ghafoor , Law Office of Asim Ghafoor, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: LYNCH and CHIN, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.


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