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OPATI v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

No. 17-1268.

140 S.Ct. 1601 (2020)

Monicah Okoba OPATI, in Her Own Right, and as Executrix of the Estate of Caroline Setla Opati, Deceased, et al., Petitioners, v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Perles , Edward B. MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, PC, Washington, DC, Steven W. Pelak , Brett C. Ruff , Holland & Hart LLP, Washington, DC, Michael J. Miller , David J. Dickens , The Miller Firm, LLC, Orange, VA, Gavriel Mairone , MM-Law LLC, Chicago IL, John Arthur Eaves, Jr. , Eaves Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, MS, William Wheeler , Jamie Franks , Wheeler & Franks Law Firm PC, Tupelo, MS, for Petitioners.

Christopher M. Curran , Nicole Erb , Claire A. DeLelle , Celia A. McLaughlin , Nicolle Kownacki , White & Case LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

In 1998, al Qaeda operatives simultaneously detonated truck bombs outside the United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Hundreds died, thousands were injured. In time, victims and their family members sued the Republic of Sudan in federal court, alleging that it had assisted al Qaeda in perpetrating...

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