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Monicah Okoba Opati, In Her Own Right, as Executrix of the Estate of Caroline Setla Opati, Deceased, et al., Petitioners v. Republic of Sudan, et al.
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17-1268
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May 18, 2020
Supreme Court Exposes Sudan To $4.3B In Punitive Damages
Sudan faces an additional $4.3 billion in punitive damages for the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that, contrary to its arguments, punitive damages are in fact available for terror attacks before 2008.
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February 24, 2020
High Court Could Add $4.3B To Terror Ruling Against Sudan
Sudan could face an additional $4.3 billion in punitive damages for the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pushed back heavily against the country's argument that punitive damages should not be available for terror attacks before 2008.
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February 21, 2020
Up Next At High Court: Pipeline Problems, Terror Victims
The Supreme Court will reconvene after three weeks off Monday for a busy February session that begins with oral arguments in two multibillion-dollar terrorism and pipeline cases, and an obscure immigration law that has raised free speech concerns. Here's what to expect.
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December 09, 2019
Gov't To Weigh In On Terrorism Damages Against Sudan
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to let the federal government participate in oral arguments over whether victims of 1998 terrorist bombings orchestrated by al-Qaida are owed punitive damages from Sudan for its support of the group.
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September 18, 2019
Terror Damages Apply Retroactively, Justices Told
U.S. government employees and their families affected by al-Qaida terrorist bombings in 1998 have told the U.S. Supreme Court that Sudan owes them punitive damages for backing the terrorist group, arguing that an exception to foreign sovereign immunity applies retroactively.
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June 28, 2019
High Court To Decide If Terror Damages Apply Retroactively
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case on whether a terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies retroactively, which would allow the families of U.S. government employees killed in two 1998 terrorist bombings to pursue punitive damages against Sudan for sponsoring those attacks.
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June 11, 2018
Justices Want Gov't View On $10B Sudan Terrorism Case
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the U.S. solicitor general on Monday to weigh in on whether it should take a case involving issues of jurisdiction under a terrorism exception to foreign sovereign immunity, after the Republic of Sudan challenged a multibillion-dollar award related to two 1998 terrorist attacks.