U.S. v. PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

No. 88 Civ. 1962 (ELP).

695 F.Supp. 1456 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., Richard W. Mark, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mona Butler, David J. Anderson, Vincent M. Garvey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for Attorney Gen.

Ramsey Clark, Lawrence W. Schilling, New York City, for defendants Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO Mission, Zuhdi Labib Terzi, Riyad H. Mansour, Nasser Al-Kidwa and Veronica Kanaan Pugh.

Leonard B. Boudin, Michael Krinsky, David Golove, Nicholas E. Poser, David B. Goldstein, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, New York City, for defendant Riyad H. Mansour.*

Keith Highet, Joseph D. Pizzurro, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for United Nations, amicus curiae.**

Sheldon Oliensis, President, Saul L. Sherman, Stephen L. Kass, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York City, for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, amicus curiae.***


ORDER AND OPINION

PALMIERI, District Judge.

The Anti-terrorism Act of 19871 (the "ATA"), is the focal point of this lawsuit. At the center of controversy is the right of the Palestine Liberation Organization (the "PLO") to maintain its office in conjunction with its work as a Permanent Observer to the United Nations. The case comes before the court on the government's motion for an injunction closing this office and on the defendants...

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