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be incompatible with the purpose of the FSIA, which is to grant governmental, not private corporate immunity, and ... would reflect infidelity to the Supreme Court's reasoning in Dole Food" Id. at 218. Accordingly, it reiterated that "'a subsidiary of an instrumentality is not it- self entitled to instrumentalit
aider and abettor of al Qaeda and international ter- rorist activities." Id. 11176-77. One of the hijackers on board American Airlines Flight 11, Abdulaziz al-Omari, held an account at Al Rajhi Bank Burnett Complaint 185; Rule 12(e) Statement 1143. Another hijacker, Mohammed Atta, made a transfer to this acco
upport of this argument, the Federal Plaintiffs cite Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 480, 123 S.Ct. 1655, 155 L.Ed.2d 643 (2003), in which the Supreme Court held that instrumentality status is determined at the time of the filing of the complaint. has specifically addressed the issue. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_01
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017854 →r, aider and abettor of al Qaeda and international ter- rorist activities.” Jd. 19 76-77. One of the hijackers on board American Airlines Flight 11, Abdulaziz al-Omari, held an account at Al Rajhi Bank. Burnett Complaint 185; Rule 12(e) Statement 1 43. Another hijacker, Mohammed Atta, made a transfer to this account
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017897 →e of personal jurisdiction over them for the claims as pled would not comport with due process. Id. at 93-95. Plaintiffs thereafter sought review by the U.S. Supreme Court of each of these three principal holdings. In response to a request from the Supreme Court, the United States filed an amicus brief on May 29, 2009,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023374 →ort included “knowingly and intentionally provid [ing] financial and bank account services” for al-Qaeda front charities and “September 11th hijacker Abdulaziz al-Omari.” JA1062-77, 1784, 2483, 3827-29.'" “Al Rajhi Bank has long known that the[se] *79 accounts ... were being used to solicit and transfer funds to terr
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023388 →Entities connected to both Supreme Court and Abdulaziz al-Omari

United States
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Bill Clinton
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Michael Cohen
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Barry Diller
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George Mitchell
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New York
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Philadelphia
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Atlanta
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San Diego
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Houston
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Alfredo Rodriguez
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Nelson
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New York City
LOCATIONHaley Robson
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Eric Schmidt
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U.S. Treasury
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Georgina Chapman
PERSONWright
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Howell
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