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OWENS v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

No. CIV.A. 01-2244(JDB).

374 F.Supp.2d 1 (2005)

James OWENS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fortune Fay, Washington, DC, for James Owens, Victoria J. Spiers, plaintiffs.

Ronald Alvin Karp, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind, P.A., Rockville, MD, Tuna Mecit, Law Offices of Fay & Perles, Washington, DC, Thomas Fortune Fay, Washington, DC, Steven R. Perles, Washington, DC, for all plaintiffs.

Douglas K. Bemis, Jr., Hunton & Wiilliams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Republic of Sudan, Ministry of Interior of Republic of Sudan, defendants.

Rhonda C. Fields, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Elizabeth Holman, defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

On August 7, 1998, nearly simultaneous truck bombs were exploded at the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. Hundreds were killed and thousands were injured in the explosions. Several of the injured victims and their family members brought this suit under section 1605(a)(7) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act against the Republic of Iran, the Republic of Sudan, and two...

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