RETANA v. TWITTER, INC.

No. 19-11389.

1 F.4th 378 (2021)

Jesus RETANA; Andrew Moss, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWITTER, INCORPORATED; Google, L.L.C.; Facebook, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Altman , Farmington Hills, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ari Holtzblatt , Patrick Joseph Carome , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Twitter, Incorporated.

Brian M. Willen , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York, NY, Lauren Gallo White , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, San Francisco, CA, Marc Aaron Fuller , Thomas S. Leatherbury, Esq. , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Google, L.L.C.

Kristin Andrea Linsley, Esq. , Allyson Newton Ho , Andrew Patrick LeGrand , Veronica Smith Moye , Jacob T. Spencer , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Facebook, Incorporated.

Before Wiener, Costa, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


The issue in this case is whether Internet services and social media providers may be held secondarily liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA") for aiding and abetting a foreign terrorist organization— here, Hamas—based only on acts committed by a sole individual entirely within the United States. We conclude...

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