REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. BEATY

Nos. 07-1090, 08-539.

129 S.Ct. 2183 (2009)

556 U.S. 848

173 L.Ed.2d 1193

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, Petitioner, v. Jordan BEATY et al. Republic of Iraq, et al., Petitioners, v. Robert Simon et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Franklin , for petitioners.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Thomas C. Goldstein , for respondents.

Andrew C. Hall , Hall Lamb and Hall, P.A., Miami, FL, Counsel of Record for the Beaty Respondents, Stephen A. Fennell , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel of Record for the Simon Respondents, Thomas C. Goldstein , Counsel of Record, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for respondents.

Timothy B. Mills , Maggs & McDermott LLC, Washington, D.C., Jonathan S. Franklin , Counsel of Record, Robert A. Burgoyne , Tillman J. Breckenridge , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.

James Cooper-Hill , Rockport, Texas, Nelson M. Jones III , Houston, Texas, Andrew C. Hall , Counsel of Record, Roarke Maxwell , Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Beaty Respondents.


We consider in these cases whether the Republic of Iraq remains subject to suit in American courts pursuant to the terrorism exception to foreign sovereign immunity, now repealed, that had been codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7).

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