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IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

Docket Nos. 11-3294-cv(L), 11-3407-cv, 11-3490-cv, 11-3494-cv, 11-3495-cv, 11-3496-cv, 11-3500-cv, 11-3501-cv, 11-3502-cv, 11-3503-cv, 11-3505-cv, 11-3506-cv, 11-3507-cv, 11-3508-cv, 11-3509-cv, 11-3510-cv, 11-3511-cv, 12-949-cv, 12-1457-cv, 12-1458-cv, 12-1459-cv.

714 F.3d 659 (2013)

In re TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (Asat Trust Reg., et al.). John Patrick O'Neill, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Asat Trust Reg., Al Shamal Islamic Bank, also known as Shamel Bank, also known as Bank El Shamar, Schreiber & Zindel, Frank Zindel, Engelbert Schreiber, Sr., Engelbert Schreiber, Jr., Martin Watcher, Erwin Watcher, Sercor Treuhand Anstalt, Yassin Abdullah Al Kadi, Khaled Bin Mahfouz, National Commercial Bank, Faisal Islamic Sulaiman Al-Ali, Aqeel Al-Aqeel, Soliman H.S. Al-Buthe, Abdullah Bin Laden, Abdulrahman Bin Mahfouz, Sulaiman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Abdullah Salaiman Al Rajhi, Abdullah Omar Naseef, Tadamon Islamic Bank, Abdullah Muhsen Al Turki, Adnan Basha, Mohamad Jamal Khalifa, Bakr M. Bin Laden, Tarek M. Bin Laden, Omar M. Bin Laden, Dallah Avco Trans Arabia Co. Ltd., DMI Administrative Services S.A., Abdullah Bin Saleh Al Obaid, Abdul Rahman Al Swailem, Saleh Al-Hussayen, Yeslam M. Bin Laden, Yousef Jameel, Saudi Binladin Group, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Klingler ( Sean P. Carter , Stephen A. Cozen , Elliott R. Feldman , Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA; Ronald L. Motley , Robert T. Haefele , Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC; Carter G. Phillips , Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC; Andrea Bierstein , Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes, LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Kaplan , Ferber Chan Essner & Coller, LLP, New York, NY; James P. Kreindler , Justin T. Green , Andrew J. Maloney, III , Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, New York, NY; Jerry S. Goldman , Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York, NY; Chris Leonardo , Adams Holcomb LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants on Personal Jurisdiction Issues.

James E. Gauch ( Mary Ellen Powers , Stephen J. Brogan , Timothy J. Finn , on the brief), Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Saudi Binladin Group, Abdullah Bin Laden, Bakr M. Bin Laden, Omar M. Bin Laden, Tarek M. Bin Laden, Yeslam M. Bin Laden, and Khaled Bin Mahfouz.

Barry Coburn , Coburn & Greenbaum, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Asat Trust Reg., Martin Watcher, Erwin Watcher, and Secor Treuhand Anstalt.

Martin F. McMahon , Martin F. McMahon & Associates, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Al Shamal Islamic Bank, Tadamon Islamic Bank, and Dallah Avco Trans Arabia Co. Ltd.

John N. Scholnick , Ayad P. Jacob , Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Schreiber & Zindel Treuhand Anstalt, Frank Zindel, Engelbert Schreiber, Sr., and Engelbert Schreiber, Jr.

Daniel L. Brown , David Geneson , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Yassin Abdullah Al Kadi.

Lawrence H. Schoenbach , Law Offices of Lawrence H. Schoenbach, PLLC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Yeslam M. Bin Laden.

Mitchell R. Berger , Alan T. Dickey , Patton Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee National Commercial Bank.

John F. Lauro , Lauro Law Firm, Tampa, FL and New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Faisal Islamic Bank.

Lynne Bernabei , Alan R. Kabat , Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Abdul Rahman Al Swailem, Abdullah Muhsen Al Turki, Abdullah Bin Saleh Al Obaid, Saleh Al-Hussayen, Soliman H.S. Al-Buthe, Adnan Basha, and Abdullah Omar Naseef.

Peter J. Kahn , Edward C. Reddington , David S. Kurtzer-Ellenbogen , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Abdulrahman Bin Mahfouz.

V. Thomas Lankford , Terrance G. Reed , Lankford & Reed, PLLC, Alexandria, VA, for Defendants-Appellees Sulaiman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, and Abdullah Salaiman Al Rajhi.

David R. Francescani , Thomas M. Melsheimer , Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi.

Kenneth A. Caruso , White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Viet D. Dinh , Lizette Benedi , D. Zachary Hudson , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Yousef Jameel.

James J. McGuire , Timothy J. McCarthy , Aimee R. Kahn , Daniel A. Mandell , Mishcon de Reya New York LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee DMI Administrative Services S.A.**

Before: CABRANES, RAGGI, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

These appeals involve claims by families and estates of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, individuals injured by the attacks, and various commercial entities that incurred damages and losses as a result of the attacks (jointly, "plaintiffs"). Before us are claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2333, the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Torture Victim Protection...

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