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FSIA defense in their motions to dismiss. The Court is not convinced by this argument because the waiv- er of FSIA immunity must be explicit. See Banco de Seguros del Estado v. Mutual Marine Office, Inc., 344 F.3d 255. 261 (2d Cir.2003). EFTA00795068 S04 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES tions would not sustain juri
s subsequent decision in Kilbunz v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 376 F.3d 1123 (D.C.Cir.2004), effectively overrules the holding in Burnett IL See Kilburn, 376 F.3d at 1129 (evaluating a claim under § 1605(a)(7) and holding the requirement for jurisdictional causation was proximate cau
enewal pending con- clusion of jurisdictional discovery on that issue, © & KEY NUMBER SYSTEM 40oms In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp. Ashton v. Al Qaeda Islamic Army Tremsky v. Qsama Bin Laden Salvo v. Al Qaeda Islamic Army Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. &
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017830 →(S.D.N.Y.). Plaintiffs in these cases filed consolidated responses to Prince Sultan’s and Prince Turki’s motions. In Plaintiffs’ words, the New York Burnett action is materially identical to the D.C. Burnett action and was filed as a “prophylactic’’ measure in the event the D.C. court found that it lacked
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017845 →ounsel, did not raise the FSIA defense in The Court is not convinced by this argument because the waiv- er of FSIA immunity must be explicit. See Banco de Seguros del Estado v. Mutual Marine Office, Inc., 344 F.3d 255, 261 (2d Cir.2003). their motions to dismiss. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017868 --- PAGE BREAK --- 804 tions w
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017869 →tate a claim. Other Defendants move to dismiss the complaints for failure to state a claim. Tarik Hamdi and Abdulrahman Alamoudi move to dismiss the Burnett and Federal complaints. Success Foundation moves to dismiss the Burnett complaint. The Burnett Plaintiffs denominate certain Defendants as the “SAAR
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017913 →read as a waiver of immunity from this court’s jurisdiction. The Second Circuit has made clear that the waiver of FSIA immunity must be explicit. See Banco de Seguros del Estado v. Mutual Marine Office, Inc., 344 F.3d 255, 261 (2d Cir.2003) (requiring wavier that unambiguously waives claims of immunity from legal proceedings
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017918 →ns, even when that discretion is abused). Accordingly, the Court finds SHC is immune from suit in this litigation. Its motions to dismiss the Ashton, Burnett, and Federal complaints for lack subject matter jurisdiction are granted. 2. Prince Salman and Prince Naif M11 Similarly, even if Plaintiffs adequat
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017919 →Entities connected to both Banco de Seguros del Estado and Burnett

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Bradley Edwards
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Michael Cohen
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Alfredo Rodriguez
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Supreme Court
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Bill Clinton
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U.S. Treasury
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Philadelphia
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Houston
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New York City
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Barry Diller
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Atlanta
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Georgina Chapman
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George Mitchell
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Osama bin Laden
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Kenya
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Saudi Arabia
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