Doe v. Bin Laden’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.3d 64 · 2011
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2333 (Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019) · 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (§ 2 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991) · 28 U.S.C. § 1407 · 28 U.S.C. § 1605 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1605A
Relies on Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. · Samantar v. Yousuf · Roeder v. Islamic Republic of Iran · Lockhart v. United States · Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. v. Jaldhi Overseas PTE Ltd.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any ease not otherwise covered by this chapter in which money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death that was caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act if such act or provision of material support or resources is engaged in by an official, employee, or agent of such foreign state while acting within the scope of his or her office, employment, or agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any case—... in which money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death, or damage to or loss of property, occurring in the United States and caused by the tortious act or omission of that foreign state or of any official or employee of that foreign state while acting within the scope of his office or employment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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