CALDERON-CARDONA v. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

No. 12-0075.

770 F.3d 993 (2014)

Ruth CALDERON-CARDONA; Ruth Calderon-Cardona, in her capacity as personal representative of The Estate of Eladia Cardona-Rosario; Luz Calderon-Cardona; Louis Calderoncardona; Gloria Calderon-Cardona; Jose Raul Calderon-Cardona; Ana Delia Calderon-Cardona; Hilda Calderon-Cardona; Salvador Calderon-Martinez; Angel Calderonguzman in his capacity as personal representative of The Estate of Miguel Calderon-Cardona; Miguel Calderonguzman in his capacity as personal representative of The Estate of Miguel Calderon-Cardona; Angel Luis Ramirez-Colon in his capacity as personal representative of The Estate of Pablo Tirado-Ayala; and Antonia Ramirezfiero, Petitioners-Appellants, v. The BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas, UBS AG, Citibank, N.A., Bank of China, Consolidated-Defendants-Appellees, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Intesa Saopaolo, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Tolchin and Meir Katz , The Berkman Law Office, LLC, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Howard B. Levi and J. Kelly Nevling, Jr. , Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP, New York, NY, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co., N.A.

Jennifer G. Newstead , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York, for Intesa Saopaolo.

Paul Kenneth Stecker , Phillips Lyle LLP, Buffalo, New York, for HSBC.

Barry J. Glickman , Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, New York, for Standard Chartered Bank.

Sharon L. Schneier , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, New York, for UBS AG and Citibank, N.A.

Lanier Saperstein , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, New York, for Bank of China.

Mark Putnam Gimbel , Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY, for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

David S. Jones , United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for the United States of America.

Neal M. Sher, Esq. , New York, NY, for The Heiser Judgment Creditors.

Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman Broudy LLP, New York, NY, for The Peterson Judgment Creditors.

Keith Martin Fleischman , The Fleischman Law Firm, New York, NY, for The Valore Judgment Creditors.

Suzelle M. Smith , Howarth & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, for Jeremy Levin and Lucille Levin.

Before: HALL, LYNCH, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


HALL, Circuit Judge:

Before us on appeal is a matter of first impression regarding the interpretation of § 201 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1610 note) ("TRIA") and §§ 1610(f)(1) and 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") (codified at 28 U.S.C.). The petitioners are family members of victims of state sponsored terrorism. They seek to enforce their 2010 judgment ("the underlying judgment"...

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