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SHATSKY v. PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

Civil Case No. 02-2280 (RJL).

SHABTAI SCOTT SHATSKY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION and PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 20, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1602
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1602 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHABTAI SCOTT SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP.

SHABTAI SCOTT SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

JO ANNE SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

TZIPPORA SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

YOSEPH SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

SARA SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

MIRIAM SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

DAVID SHATSKY, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

GINETTE LANDO THALER, individually, as personal representative of the Estate of Rachel Thaler and as natural guardian of Leor Thaler and Zvi Thaler, minors, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

MICHAEL THALER, individually, as personal representative of the Estate of Rachel Thaler and as natural guardian of Leor Thaler and Zvi Thaler, minors, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

ISAAC THALER, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

HILLEL TRATTNER, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

RONIT TRATTNER, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

ARON S. TRATTNER, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

SHELLEY TRATTNER, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

STEVEN BRAUN, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

YEHIEL FRIEDMAN, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

ZVI FRIEDMAN, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

BELLA FRIEDMAN, individually and as next friend and natural guardian of Chana Friedman, Ilan Friedman, and Miriam Friedman, minors, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

ALL PLAINTIFFS, Plaintiff, represented by Abbe David Lowell, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Joy L. Langford, CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Norman Steiner, LAW OFFICES OF NORMAN STEINER & Robert Joseph Tolchin, THE BERKMAN LAW OFFICE, LLC.

PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, Defendant, represented by Alexandra E. Chopin, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Amy L. Brown, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, John A. Burlingame, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Mitchell R. Berger, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP & Gassan A. Baloul, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, pro hac vice.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, also known as PALESTINIAN INTERIM SELF-GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY also known as PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY, Defendant, represented by Alexandra E. Chopin, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Amy L. Brown, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, John A. Burlingame, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Mitchell R. Berger, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP & Gassan A. Baloul, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, pro hac vice.

MEMORANDUM OPINION (June 20, 2017) [Dkts. ## 247, 340]

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