Monday, August 15, 2011

DC Circuit -- Estate of Mark Parsons v. Palestinian Authority (8/12)

Estate of Mark Parsons v. Palestinian Authority

Family of man killed while providing security for a State Department convoy in the Gaza Strip filed suit against the PLO under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1991 on theories of both material support and conspiracy - District Court granted summary judgment to defts, Circuit reverses on material support, but in tangled melange of dissents, declines to speak to scienter requirement.
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.