RSSJustices won’t hear appeal of 9/11 families
The Washington Times | June 30, 2009
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seeking damages from members of the Saudi royal family, whom the lawsuit accused of financing al Qaeda. Family members and commercial insurers joined in the lawsuit targeting four Saudi princes who they say are responsible for financing the terrorist network through a series of Muslim charities. Several lower courts had ruled that the princes, as part of a foreign government, cannot be sued in U.S. courts. The Obama administration angered family members last month when Solicitor General Elena Kagan filed …
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