Kaplan v. Hezbollah’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2338 · 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (§ 2 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1605A · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on United States v. Raddatz · Paterson-Leitch Co. v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. · Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker · Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker · Luby v. Teamsters Health, Welfare, & Pension Trust Funds
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For relatives of victims physically injured by terrorist attacks, ... awards are valued at half of the awards to family members of the deceased — $4 million, $2.5 million and $1.25 million to spouses, parents, and siblings, respectively, and $1.5 million for children. Courts similarly have held that relatives of surviving victims presenting with emotional trauma and no physical injury receive amounts proportionally less than those with physical injuries, namely, $1 million for spouses; $850,000 for parents; $750,000 for children, and $500,000 for siblings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“failed to meet the minimum evidentiary threshold supporting their respective claims for economic damages,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'persons suffering injuries in terrorist attacks are entitled to $ 5 million in damages.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.