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AVIATION & GENERAL INS. COMPANY, LTD. v. U.S.

2016-2389, 2016-2402.

882 F.3d 1088 (2018)

AVIATION & GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., New York Marine and General Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London, Aureus Asset Managers, Ltd., Riverstone Insurance (Uk), Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: February 12, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEVEN ROBERT PERLES , Perles Law Firm, PC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by EDWARD BRIAN MACALLISTER , JOSHUA PERLES.

LOREN MISHA PREHEIM , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by REGINALD T. BLADES, JR. , ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. , BENJAMIN C. MIZER.

Opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge Reyna.

Appellants are insurance and asset management entities that paid property damage and personal injury claims arising from two terrorist events sponsored by Libya in the 1980s. Following the suspension of Libya's sovereign immunity pursuant to the passage of the State Sponsors of Terrorism Exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities...

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