WEISS v. NAT. WESTMINSTER BANK, PLC.

Docket Nos. 19-863(L), 19-1159(XAP) August Term, 2019.

993 F.3d 144 (2021)

Tzvi WEISS, Leib Weiss, Malke Weiss, Yitzchak Weiss, Yeruchaim Weiss, Esther Deutsch, Moses Strauss, Philip Strauss, Bluma Strauss, Ahron Strauss, Roisie Engelman, Joseph Strauss, Matanya Nathansen, Chana Nathansen, Matanya and Chana Nathansen for the Estate of Tehilla Nathansen, Yehudit Nathansen, S.N., a minor, Hezekiel Toporowitch, Pearl B. Toporowitch, Yehuda Toporowitch, David Toporowitch, Shaina Chava Nadel, Bluma Rom, Rivka Pollack, Eugene Goldstein, Lorraine Goldstein, Barbara Goldstein Ingardia, Richard Goldstein, Michael Goldstein, Chana Freedman, Michal Honickman for the Estate of Howard Goldstein, Michal Honickman, David Goldstein, Harry Leonard Beer as Executor of the Estate of Alan Beer, Harry Leonard Beer, Anna Beer, Phyllis Maisel, Estelle Carroll, Sarri Anne Singer, Judith Singer, Eric M. Singer, Robert Singer, Julie Averbach for the Estate of Steven Averbach, Julie Averbach, Tamir Averbach, Devir Averbach, Sean Averbach, A.A., a minor, Maida Averbach for the Estate of David Averbach, Maida Averbach, Michael Averbach, Eileen Sapadin, Daniel Rozenstein, Julia Rozenstein Schon, Alexander Rozenstein, Esther Rozenstein, Jacob Steinmetz, Deborah Steinmetz, Jacob Steinmetz and Deborah Steinmetz for the Estate of Amichai Steinmetz, Nava Steinmetz, Orit Mayerson, Natanel Steinmetz, Robert L. Coulter, Sr. for the Estate of Janis Ruth Coulter, Dianne Coulter Miller, Robert L. Coulter, Sr., Robert L. Coulter, Jr., Larry Carter for the Estate of Diane Leslie Carter, Larry Carter, Shaun Choffel, Richard Blutstein and Katherine Baker for the Estate of Benjamin Blutstein, Richard Blutstein, Katherine Baker, Rebekah Blutstein, Nevenka Gritz for the Estate of David Gritz, Nevenka Gritz, Nevenka Gritz for the Estate of Norman Gritz, Jacqueline Chambers as the Administrator of the Estate of Esther Bablar, Jacqueline Chambers, Levana Cohen, Eli Cohen, Sarah Elyakim, Yehuda Agababa, Menache Agababa, Yehezkel Agababa, Greta Geler, Ilana Eropa Dorfman, Refael Kitsis and Tova Guttman as the Administrator of the Estate of Hannah Rogen, Akiva Anachovich, Joshua Faudem, Zohar Fater, Bruce Mazer, Orly Rom, Richard Coffey, Gal Ganzman, Judith Buchman-Ziv, Ora Cohen, Mirav Cohen, Daniel Cohen, O.C., a minor, S.C., a minor, E.N.C., a minor, Faiga Zvia Lieberman, Einat Noked for the Estate of Eyal Noked, Einat Noked, A.N., a minor, Avishag Noked, Baruch Zuri Noked, Binyamin Elkana Noked, Neta Nechama Cohen, T.N., a minor, Karen Goldberg, Chana Weiss, Esther Goldberg, Yitzhak Goldberg, Shoshana Goldberg, Eliezer Goldberg, Y.M.G., a minor, T.Y.G., a minor, Nilly Choman, Temima Spetner, Jason Kirschenbaum, Isabelle Kirschenbaum, Isabelle Kirschenbaum for the Estate of Martin Kirschenbaum, Joshua Kirschenbaum, Shoshana Burgett, David Kirschenbaum, Danielle Teitelbaum, Netanel Miller, Chaya Miller, Arie Miller, Altea Steinherz, Jonathan Steinherz, Baruch Yehuda Ziv Brill, Chaya Beili, and Gila Aluf, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, PLC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. The Estate of David Applebaum, the Estate of Naava Applebaum, Debra Applebaum, the Estate of Jacqueline Applebaum, Natan Applebaum, Shira Applebaum, Yitzchak Applebaum, Shayna Applebaum, Tovi Belle Applebaum, Geela Applebaum Gordon, Chaya Tziporah Cohen, Philip Litle, the Estate of Abigail Litle, Elishua Litle, Hannah Litle, Heidi Litle, Josiah Litle, Noah Litle, Ari Horovitz, Batsheva Horovitz Sadan, David Horovitz, the Estate of Debra Ruth Horovitz, the Estate of Eli Natan Horovitz, the Estate of Leah Horovitz, the Estate Moshe Horovitz, Nechama Horovitz, Shulamite Horovitz, Tovi Horovitz, Tvi Horovitz, Uri Horovitz, Bernice Wolf, Bryan Wolf, Stanley Wolf, Fran Strauss Baxter, William J. Baxter, Ariela Freirmark, Menachem Freirmark, Hadassah Freirmark, Phyllis Pam, Rivka Reena Pam, Shoshana Tita, Ezra Tita, Ephraim Tita, Ephriam Tita for the Estate of Bertin Tita, Rachel Potolski, Ovadia Topporowitch, Yisrael Topporowitch, Yitzchak Topporowitch, Miriam Ehrenfeld, Rose Joseph, Leibel Reinitz, Malvia Reinitz, Margali Reinitz, Mendy Reinitz, Miriam Reinitz, Rivka Reinitz, Samuel Reinitz, Shmuel Reinitz, Yakov Reinitz, the Estate of Mordechai Reinitz, the Estate of Yissocher Dov Reinitz, Yitzchok Reinitz, Raizel Shimon, Leah Tauber, Helen Weider, Avrohom D. Richter, Breina Richter, Miriam Leah Richter, Moshe Richter, Nechama Richter, Sara Malka Richter, Shlomo Chaim Richter, Tranne Richter, Yakov Yosef Richter, Yechiel Richter, Yehudis Richter, Yisroel Richter, Yitzchok Richter, Perl Brailofsky, Malky Breuer, Ester Buxbaum, Gittel Cohen, Chaya Freisel, Rachel Rosner, Elizabeth Schwartz, Jacob Schwartz, Max Schwartz, Michael Schwartz, Phillip Schwartz, Abraham Zarkowsky, Aron Zarkowsky, Bshava Zarkowsky Richter, the Estate of Eli Zarkowsky, Ezriel Zarkowsky, Gittel Zarkowsky, the Estate of Goldie Zarkowsky, Joseph Zarkowsky, Mendel Zarkowsky, Miriam Zarkowsky, Shrage Zarkowsky, Trany Zarkowsky, Yehuda Zarkowsky, Erik Schecter, Shlomo Tratner, the Estate of Tiferet Tratner, Averham Grossman, Devorah Chechanow Leifer, Joseph Leifer, Bracha Milstein, Shifra Miller, Chaya Rosenberg, Abraham Waxler, Arthur Waxler, Baruch Waxler, Chana Waxler, Dina Waxler, Ezekiel Waxler, Gedalia Waxler, Haggi Waxler, Nachum Waxler, Obadiah Waxler, Yaakov Waxler, Yoel Waxler, Zacharia Waxler, Nethaniel Bluth, Moshe Naimi, Faye Chana Benjaminson, the Estate of Moshe Gottlieb, Seymour Gottlieb, Sheila Gottlieb, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. National Westminster Bank, PLC., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PETER RAVEN-HANSEN, Hackensack, New Jersey ( Gary M. Osen , Ari Ungar , Michael Radine , Aaron Schlanger , Osen, Hackensack, New Jersey; Steven M. Steingard , Stephen H. Schwartz , Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Shawn P. Naunton , Zuckerman Spaeder , New York, New York; C. Tab Turner , Turner & Associates, North Little Rock, Arkansas, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees in Weiss v. National Westminster Bank, PLC.

FLEISCHMAN BONNER & ROCCO, New York, New York ( James P. Bonner , Patrick L. Rocco , Susan M. Davies , New York, New York, of counsel; Richard D. Heideman , Noel J. Nudelman , Tracy R. Kalik , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees in Applebaum v. National Westminster Bank, PLC.

JONATHAN I. BLACKMAN , New York, New York ( Mark E. McDonald , Katherine R. Lynch , Rathna Ramamurthi , New York, New York, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

MAYER BROWN, Washington D.C. ( Andrew J. Pincus , Alex C. Lakatos , Marc R. Cohen , of counsel), filed a brief for Amici Curiae Institute of International Bankers and European Banking Federation, in support of Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before: KEARSE, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs Tzvi Weiss, et al., United States citizens who were, or represent, victims of more than a dozen alleged Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 2001-2004, appeal from judgments entered on March 31, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Dora L. Irizarry, Chief Judge...

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