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NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL v. GIANNOULIAS

No. 06 C 4251.

523 F.Supp.2d 731 (2007)

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alexi GIANNOULIAS,

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Anne Bauer, Alexander Miller Pearce, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, Eric L. Hirschhorn, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Gary Michael Griffin, Gladys M. Stevens, Kathleen Louise Ford, Mark William Bina, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.

It is well documented that for several years, the government of Sudan and the Jinjaweid militia it supports have been committing horrible atrocities against African civilians living in that country's Darfur region. This case arises out of an attempt by the State of Illinois to put pressure on the government of Sudan to end the human rights violations in Darfur. In 2005, Illinois adopted...

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