LINDE v. ARAB BANK, PLC

Nos. 16-2119-cv (L), 16-2098-cv (CON), 16-2134-cv (CON) August Term 2016.

882 F.3d 314 (2018)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL D. CLEMENT , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Michael H. McGinley , Nicholas T. Matich , Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan D. Siegfried , Kevin Walsh , Douglas W. Mateyaschuk , DLA Piper LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant Arab Bank, PLC.

PETER RAVEN-HANSEN , Osen LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey ( Gary M. Osen , Ari Ungar , Aaron Schlanger , Osen LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey; Shawn Naunton , Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees Chana Freedman, Eugene Goldstein, Lorraine Goldstein, Michael Goldstein, Richard Goldstein, and Barbara Goldstein-Ingardia.

Michael E. Elsner , John M. Eubanks , Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Ayelet Attias, Yossef Cohen, Yehuda Eliyahu, and Raheli Laham.

James P. Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York, New York; John M. Eubanks , Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik PC, Washington, D.C.; Lee S. Shalov , McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, New York, New York; Mark S. Werbner , Sayles Werbner, Dallas, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Philip Litle, Elishua Litle, Hannah Litle, Heidi Litle, Josiah Litle, and Noah Litle.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Jessica L. Ellsworth , Mary Helen Wimberly , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Steven T. Cottreau , David D. DiBari , Jeffrey J. Golimowski , Clifford Chance US LLP, Washington D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Institute of International Bankers.

Before: Raggi and Carney, Circuit Judges, and Kaplan, District Judge.


The sixteen named plaintiffs on this consolidated appeal are victims, or the relatives of victims, of three terrorist attacks perpetrated in Israel by Hamas between March 2002 and June 2003. Together with hundreds of other alleged victims and the surviving relatives of victims of alleged Hamas attacks, the named plaintiffs...

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