OWENS v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

No. 14-5105 Consolidated with 14-5106 14-5107 14-7124 14-7125 14-7127 14-7128 14-7207 16-7044 16-7045 16-7046 16-7048 16-7049 16-7050 16-7052.

924 F.3d 1256 (2019)

James OWENS, et al., Appellees v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of the Sudan, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Curran , Nicole Erb , Claire A. DeLelle , Washington, DC, and Celia A. McLaughlin were on the supplemental brief for appellants. Bruce E. Fein entered an appearance.

Stuart H. Newberger , Washington, DC, Clifton E. Elgarten , Aryeh S. Portnoy , Emily Alban , John L. Murino , Matthew D. McGill , Lochlan F. Shelfer , Steven R. Perles , Edward B. MacAllister , John Vail , Thomas Fortune Fay , Jane Carol Norman , Michael J. Miller , Washington, DC, and David J. Dickens , Orange, VA, were on the supplemental brief for appellees. Annie P. Kaplan , John D. Aldock , Washington, DC, and Stephen A. Saltzburg , entered appearances.

Before: Henderson and Rogers, Circuit Judges, and Ginsburg, Senior Circuit Judge.


The court originally heard this appeal during the 2016-17 term. See 864 F.3d 751 (D.C. Cir. 2017). In the resulting order we certified to the D.C. Court of Appeals the following question regarding the plaintiffs' intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) claims: ...

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