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HASENFUS v. SECORD

Nos. 91-5106, 91-5107.

962 F.2d 1556 (1992)

Eugene HASENFUS and Sally Hasenfus, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard SECORD, an individual, Corporate Air Services, a Pennsylvania corporation; Southern Air Transport, a Florida corporation; Albert Hakim, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Kasanee SAWYER, an individual, Kasanee Sawyer, Administratrix of Sawyer, Wallace B., Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard SECORD, an individual, Corporate Air Services, Southern Air Transport, a Florida corporation, Albert Hakim, an individual, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian R. Strange, Craig R. Spiegel, Strange & Hoey, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 91-5106.

David M. Kirstein, Beckman & Kirstein, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees in No. 91-5106.

Dwight Sullivan, Miami, Fla., Robert M. Beckman, Beckman & Kirstein, Washington, D.C., for Southern Air.

Samuel B. Reiner, II, Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., Spencer & Klein, Miami, Fla., for Secord.

Brian R. Strange, Craig R. Spiegel, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 91-5107.

Dwight Sullivan, Miami, Fla., Robert M. Beckman, David M. Kirstein, Washington, D.C., Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., Samuel B. Reiner, II, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees in No. 91-5107.

Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judges.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

We affirm the district court's ruling that Richard Secord, Albert Hakim, Southern Air Transport (SAT) and Corporate Air Services (CAS) are not liable to Eugene and Sally Hasenfus and Kasanee Sawyer for damages resulting from covert air missions to resupply the Nicaraguan "Contras."

FACTS

In 1985, the United States Congress discontinued funding for the "Contras," a military force seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan government...

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