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RUX v. REPUBLIC OF SUDAN

Civil Action No. 2:04cv428.

495 F.Supp.2d 541 (2007)

Olivia RUX, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The REPUBLIC OF SUDAN, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

July 25, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Woodbury Young,' Young Law Firm PC, Portola Valley, CA, Andrew C. Hall, Hall David & Joseph PA, Miami, FL, James Davis Cooper-Hill, James Cooper-Hill PC, Rockport, TX, Mary Jane Hall, Kaufman & Canoles PC, Norfolk, VA, Nelson Marion Jones, III, Nicholas & Jones LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Carl David Gray, Gregory N. Stillman, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, Douglas Knox Bemis, Jr., Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

OPINION & ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This action arises from the October 12, 2000, terrorist bombing of the American warship U.S.S. Cole during a temporary refueling stop in the Port of Aden, Yemen, in which seventeen American sailors were killed. Plaintiffs Olivia Rux, et al. ("Plaintiffs"), more than fifty surviving family members of the deceased sailors, allege that Defendant Republic of Sudan ("Sudan") is liable for damages from...

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