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D. C. Circuit Dismisses Suit Against Retired IDF General for Shelling UN Compound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008 

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References

1 Belhas v. Ya’alon, 515 F.3d 1279 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 15, 2008).

2 28 U.S.C. §1350 (2000). This statute has been referred to by various names, including Alien Tort Claims Act, Alien Tort Act, and Alien Tort Statute. The Supreme Court adopted the last of these terms in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004), and it will be used here.

3 28 U.S.C. §1350 note (2000).

4 515 F.3 d at 1282.

5 28 U.S.C. §§1602–1611 (2000).

6 Belhas v. Ya’alon, 466 F.Supp.2d 127 (D.D.C. 2006).

7 515 F.3d at 1283–84 (citations omitted).

8 [Ed. Note: Princz v. Federal Republic of Germany, 26 F.3d 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1994).]

9 515 F.3d at 1286–88 (citations and footnote omitted).

10 Id. at. 1289 (citations omitted).

11 Id. at 1292–93 (citations omitted).