SPETNER v. PALESTINE INV. BANK

No. 20-3849-cv. August Term 2021.

70 F.4th 632 (2023)

Temima SPETNER, Jason Kirschenbaum, Isabelle Kirschenbaum, individually and for the Estate of Martin Kirschenbaum, Joshua Kirschenbaum, Shoshana Burgett, David Kirschenbaum, Danielle Teitelbaum, Netanel Miller, Chaya Miller, Aharon Miller, Shani Miller, Adiya Miller, Altea Steinherz, Jonathan Steinherz, Temima Steinherz, Joseph Ginzberg, Peter Steinherz, Laurel Steinherz, Jacqueline Chambers, individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Esther Bablar, Levana Cohen, individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Esther Bablar, Eli Cohen, Sarah Elyakim, Joseph Cohen, Greta Geller, as the Administrator of the Estate of Greta Geller, Ilana Dorfman, as the Administrator of the Estate of Greta Geller, Rephael Kitsis, as the Administrator of the Estate of Greta Geller, Tova Guttman, as the Administrator of the Estate of Greta Geller, Gila Aluf, Shabtai Shatsky, individually and for the Estate of Keren Shatsky, Joanne Shatsky, individually and for the Estate of Keren Shatsky, Tzippora Shatsky Schwarz, Yosef Shatsky, Sara Shatsky Tzimmerman, Miriam Shatsky, David Shatsky, Hillel Trattner, Ronit Trattner, Aron Trattner, Shelley Trattner, Hadassah Diner, Efrat Fine, Yael Hillman, Chana Friedman Edri, Bella Friedman, Reuven Friedman, Yehiel Friedman, Zvi Friedman, Ilan Friedman, Miriam Friedman Schreiber, Steven Braun, Chaviva Braun, Yehuda Braun, Yoni Braun, Eliana Braun Peretz, Oriella Braun, Matanya Braun, Ginette Thaler, individually and for the Estate of Rachel Thaler, Leor Thaler, Michael Thaler, Zvi Thaler, Isaac Thaler, Miriam Ben-Yishai, individually and for the Estate of Shoshana Ben-Yishai, Yitzhak Ben-Yishai, individually and for the Estate of Shoshana Ben-Yishai, Jacob Ben-Yishai, Israel Ben-Yishai, Aviel Ben-Yishai, Chana Ben-Yishai, Yael Ben-Yishai, Myriam Miller, Chana Aidel Miller Schertzman, Tova Miller, Ilana Schertzman Cohen, Leslie Schertzman, Donald Schertzman, Daniel Schertzman, Arielle Schertzman Fisher, Abraham Schertzman, Yehuda Schertzman, Charles O. Morgan, Jr., for the Estate of Gloria Kushner, Leonard Mandelkorn, Ezra Kessler, Hannah Kessler Rosenstein, Klila Kessler, Yitzhak Zahavy, Julie Zahavy, Tzvee Zahavy, Bernice Zahavy, Mark Sokolow, Rena Sokolow, Jamie Sokolow Fenster, Lauren Sokolow Mandelstam, Elana Sokolow Rosman, Alan Bauer, Yehonaton Bauer, Revital Bauer, Binyamin Bauer, Daniel Bauer, Yehuda Bauer, Ludwig Bauer, individually and for the Estate of Ella Bauer, Phillip Bauer, Shoshana Zelcer Weitzman, Shmuel Waldman, Henna Novack, Morris Waldman, Eva Waldman, Chanie Bodenstein, Shaindy Weinberger, Philip Waldman, Abraham Waldman, Dassie Waldman Davis, Leslye Knox, individually and for the Estate of Aharon Ellis, Jordan Ellis, Mello Nee Ellis, individually and for the Estate of Prince Elkannann Ben Shaleak, Ametai Carter, Reuven Carter, Shaanon Carter, Shayrah Carter, Yoshahvyah Carter, Francine Ellis, Lynne Ellis, Shemariyah Ellis, Tsaphrerah Ellis, Yihonadov Ellis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Arie Miller, Plaintiff, v. PALESTINE INVESTMENT BANK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Radine ( Gary M. Osen , Ari Ungar , Aaron A. Schlanger , on the brief), Osen LLC, Hackensack, NJ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mitchell R. Berger ( Gassan A. Baloul , on the brief), Squire Patton Boggs, New York, NY and Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Gregory P. Hansel , Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Chartered LLP, Portland, ME, for amici curiae Former United States Government Officials.

Douglass A. Mitchell , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; Mordechai Biser , Abba Cohen , Agudath Israel of America; Nathan J. Diament , Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Jonathan L. Sherman , One Israel Fund, Ltd., for amici curiae Agudath Israel of America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and One Israel Fund, Ltd.; Jonathan M. Rotter , Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae StandWithUs.

Before: Walker, Menashi, and Lee, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs-Appellants are American victims, and the relatives and estates of victims, of terrorist attacks in Israel between 2001 and 2003. Plaintiffs allege that Palestine Investment Bank (PIB) facilitated the attacks by knowingly providing financial services to the terrorist organizations that allegedly perpetrated...

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