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SIDERMAN de BLAKE v. REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

No. 85-5773.

965 F.2d 699 (1992)

Susana SIDERMAN de BLAKE, Jose Siderman, Carlos Siderman, and Lea Siderman, individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, a foreign country; The Province of Tucuman of the Republic of Argentina, a province of a foreign country; Oscar Honorato, Abelardo Garcia, Carlos Rosales, Juan Roman Diosque, Victor Eduardo Molina, General Bussi, Captain Abas, General Forzano, General Merlo, individuals; and Inmobiliaria Del Nor-Oeste, S.A., an Argentine Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bazyler, Whittier College School of Law, Paul L. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., Scott W. Wellman, Wellman & Cane, Newport Beach, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bruno A. Ristau, Kaplan, Russin & Vecchi, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Betsy R. Rosenthal, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith.

Before: FLETCHER, CANBY and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Susana Siderman de Blake and Jose, Lea, and Carlos Siderman (collectively, "the Sidermans") appeal the dismissal of their action against the Republic of Argentina and the Argentine Province of Tucuman (collectively, "Argentina"). The Sidermans' complaint alleged eighteen causes of action arising out of the torture of Jose Siderman and the expropriation of the Sidermans' property by Argentine military officials. The district court dismissed...

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