AL-TAMIMI v. ADELSON

No. 17-5207.

916 F.3d 1 (2019)

Bassem AL-TAMIMI, et al., Appellants v. Sheldon ADELSON, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin F. McMahon , Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the appellants.

Thomas Pulham , Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellees United States of America and Elliott Abrams. Mark B. Stern and Sharon Swingle , Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, were with him on brief.

Jonathan I. Blackman , New York, NY, argued the cause for the appellees Sheldon Adelson, et al. Alexis L. Collins , Washington, DC, John E. Hall , Atlanta, GA, David M. Zionts , Washington, DC, A. Jeff Ifrah , Washington, DC, George R. Calhoun , Barry G. Felder , New York, NY, Michael J. Tuteur , Boston, MA, William H. Jeffress, Jr. , Washington, DC, Abbe David Lowell , Washington, DC, Douglas W. Baruch , Washington, DC, Joseph J. LoBue , Jennifer M. Wollenberg , Washington, DC, William J. Kelly, III , Andrew H. Marks , Miami, FL, Christopher M. Loveland , Washington, DC, Mark D. Harris , Rachel O. Wolkinson , Washington, DC, Charles S. Fax , Jay P. Lefkowitz , New York, NY, Lawrence Marc Zell , Lars H. Liebeler , Washington, DC, David Abrams , Jay Alan Sekulow , Washington, DC, Benjamin P. Sisney and David I. Schoen were with him on brief. Michael E. Barnsback and Liesel J. Schopler entered appearances.

Benjamin P. Sisney , L. Marc Zell and David Abrams were on the supplemental brief for the defendants-appellees Gush Etzion Foundation, et al.

Before: Henderson and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


The plaintiffs, both Palestinian nationals and Palestinian Americans, claim the defendants, pro-Israeli American individuals and entities, are conspiring to expel all non-Jews from territory whose sovereignty is in dispute.1 They sued in federal district court, pressing four claims...

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