BEN-HAIM v. EDRI

Docket No. A-2247-15T4.

183 A.3d 252 (2018)

453 N.J. Super. 526

Sharon BEN-HAIM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel EDRI, David Bar Shilton, Eyal Yosef, Zion Boaron, Eliezer Igra, Zion Elgrabli, and Samuel Galimal, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul Roffe argued the cause for appellant (Saul Roffe, attorney; Sharon Ben-Haim, on the pro se briefs).

Robert Reeves Anderson (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondents (Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, LLC, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, attorneys; Mark A. Berman and Kevin Sullivan , on the brief).

Lewis S. Yelin (United States Department of Justice) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amicus curiae United States of America ( Paul J. Fishman , United States Attorney, and J. Andrew Ruymann , Assistant United States Attorney, attorneys; Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Lewis S. Yelin , and Sharon Swingle (United States Department of Justice) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Before Judges Reisner, Gilson, and Mayer.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

The question presented is whether New Jersey courts have jurisdiction to hear civil claims against foreign officials when the United States, through the State Department, has issued a suggestion of immunity (SOI) determining that those officials are entitled to immunity. We hold that...

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