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Choice of Law in Terrorism Cases Redux

By John F. Coyle
September 19, 2024 posted in: Choice of Law

On September 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Senior Judge Richard J. Leon) decided Messina v. Syrian Arab Republic. This case is the latest in a long series brought by victims of state-sponsored terrorism in the District of Columbia. In a pair of prior posts, I argued that the courts’…

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