PUGH v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

No. CIV.A. 02-2026(TPJ).

290 F.Supp.2d 54 (2003)

Robert L. PUGH, et al. Plaintiffs v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, et al. Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lee Martinez, Stuart Henry Newberger, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Robert L. Pugh, Individually on his own behalf and as Executor of the Estates of Bonnie Barnes Pugh and Malcolm R. Pugh, Anne Carey, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Harvey Mills Coverley, Sally Chisholm Johnson, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Georgia Mae Chisholm, Deborah Vaughn Schooling, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of James E. Turlington, Sr., Jana Elizabeth Turlington, Jimmy Bruce Turlington, Christopher Darwyn Turlington, David Onley Turlington, James Eldee Turlington, Jr., Eddie Don Turlington, Joyce Wright, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Elvee Turlington, Russell Turlington, Mary Kathryn Hassett, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Margaret Elizabeth Schutzius, William Carl Schutzius, Catherine Alexandria Schutzius, Christopher Matthew Schutzius, John Benedict Schutzius, Ermine Hailey, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Patrick Wayne Huff, Ioana Alimanestianu, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Mihai Alimanestianu, Irina Alimanestianu, Joanna Alimanestianu, Nicholas Alimanestianu, Alexander Alimanestianu, Serban Alimanestianu, Jan Patillo, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estates of James E. Huff and Janice Huff, Michael Huff, Amanda Hill, Jared Hill, Janet Warner, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estates of Donald J. Warner and Alvin Warner, Susan Warner, Sherry Warner, Calin Alimanestianu, Pauline Alimanestiano, As Executrix of the Estate of Constantin Alimanestiano, Carla J. Malkiewicz, Individually on her own behalf and as Executrix of the Estate of Mark E. Corder, Therese Coddington, Individually on her own behalf and as executrix of the Estate of Edward A. Corder, Michael J. Corder, Interlease, Inc., plaintiffs.

Arman Dabiri Abkenari, Washington, DC, for the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahirya, Libyan External Security Organization aka Jamahiriya Security Organization, Muammar Qadhafi, Abdallah Senoussi, Ahmed Abdallah Elazragh, Ibrahim Naeli, Arbas Musbah, Issa Abdelsalam Shibani, Abdelsalam Hammouda el Ageli, defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

On September 19, 1989, a DC-10 airliner operated by the French airline Union de Transports Aériens ("UTA") as UTA Flight 772, departed Brazzaville, Congo, with 170 passengers enroute to Paris. The passengers were from 17 countries, including seven Americans. While flying over southeastern Niger, after a stopover in N'Djamena, Chad, UTA Flight 772 exploded in mid-air killing all aboard.

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