LINDE v. ARAB BANK, PLC

Docket Nos. 10-4519-cv(L), 10-4524-cv(CON).

706 F.3d 92 (2013)

Courtney LINDE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARAB BANK, PLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Shapiro , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL ( Michele L. Odorizzi , Timothy S. Bishop , Jeffrey W. Sarles , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; Philip Allen Lacovara , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Kevin Walsh , Douglas W. Mateyaschuk, II , DLA Piper LLP (U.S.), New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Peter Raven-Hansen , Osen LLC, Oradell, NJ ( Gary M. Osen , Aaron Schlanger , Osen LLC, Oradell, NJ; Mark S. Werbner , Joel Israel , Sayles Werbner , Dallas, TX; Michael E. Elsner , John M. Eubanks , Vincent I. Parrett , Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC; Steven M. Steingard , Stephen H. Schwartz , Neil L. Glazer , Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; James P. Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York, NY; David S. Stone , Stone & Magnanini LLP, Short Hills, NJ, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Christopher M. Curran , White & Case LLP, New York, NY ( Nicole E. Erb , White & Case LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Before: CHIN and CARNEY, Circuit Judges, and UNDERHILL, District Judge.


SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns claims brought by victims and families of victims of terrorist attacks committed in Israel between 1995 and 2004. Proceeding under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2333, and the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, plaintiffs seek monetary damages from Arab Bank, PLC ("Arab Bank" or the "Bank"), a large bank headquartered in Jordan, with branches in New York, throughout the Middle East, and around...

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