Rein v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Decision Date: 15 December 1998
• Docket Number: Docket No. 98-7467
• Citation: 162 F.3d 748
• Parties: Denice H. REIN, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Mark Alan Rein, deceased, Barbara A. Ahern, individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of John M. Ahern, deceased, Thomas A. Ahern, individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of John M. Ahern, deceased, Marion K. Alderman, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Glenn John Bouckley, deceased, Marion K. Alderman, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Paula Alderman Bouckley, deceased, Carolyn Ammerman, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas J. Ammerman, deceased, Arnold Asrelsky, individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Rachel Maria Asrelsky, deceased, Hope Asrelsky, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rachel Maria Asrelsky, deceased, William Garretson Atkinson, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of William Garretson Atkinson, III, deceased, Dona Bardelli Bainbridge, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Harry M. Bainbridge, deceased, Kenneth Stuart Barclay, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Suart Murray Barclay, deceased, Raquel Lopez Benvenuto, individually and as personal Representative of the Estate of Fabrina Benvenuto Caffarone, deceased, Phillip B. Bergstrom, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Phillip V. Bergstrom, deceased, Sandra Bernstein Clarren, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Judith Ellen Bernstein, deceased, Stephanie Laskin Bernstein, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Stuart Bernstein, deceased, Francoise Boyer Bardon, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Francis Boyer, deceased, Eleanor Hoey Bright, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Nicholas Bright, deceased, Diana Browner, individually and as personal Representative of the Estate of Danielle Browner, deceased, Patricia A. Brunner, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Colleen R. Brunner, de
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit

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Denice H. REIN, individually and as Executrix of the Estate

of Mark Alan Rein, deceased, Barbara A. Ahern, individually

and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of John M. Ahern,

deceased, Thomas A. Ahern, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of John M. Ahern, deceased,

Marion K. Alderman, individually and as Administratrix of

the Estate of Glenn John Bouckley, deceased, Marion K.

Alderman, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate

of Paula Alderman Bouckley, deceased, Carolyn Ammerman,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas

J. Ammerman, deceased, Arnold Asrelsky, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of Rachel Maria Asrelsky,

deceased, Hope Asrelsky, individually and as Administrator

of the Estate of Rachel Maria Asrelsky, deceased, William

Garretson Atkinson, individually and as Administrator of the

Estate of William Garretson Atkinson, III, deceased, Dona

Bardelli Bainbridge, individually and as Administratrix of

the Estate of Harry M. Bainbridge, deceased, Kenneth Stuart

Barclay, individually and as Personal Representative of the

Estate of Suart Murray Barclay, deceased, Raquel Lopez

Benvenuto, individually and as personal Representative of

the Estate of Fabrina Benvenuto Caffarone, deceased, Phillip

B. Bergstrom, individually and as Administrator of the

Estate of Phillip V. Bergstrom, deceased, Sandra Bernstein

Clarren, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of

Judith Ellen Bernstein, deceased, Stephanie Laskin

Bernstein, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate

of Michael Stuart Bernstein, deceased, Francoise Boyer

Bardon, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of

Francis Boyer, deceased, Eleanor Hoey Bright, individually

and as Administratrix of the Estate of Nicholas Bright,

deceased, Diana Browner, individually and as personal

Representative of the Estate of Danielle Browner, deceased,

Patricia A. Brunner, individually and as Administratrix of

the Estate of Colleen R. Brunner, deceased, Julianne

Budwick, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of

Eric John Williams, deceased, Brian D, Butler, individually

and as Administratir Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Steven

Lee Butler, deceased, Edmundo Luis Caffarone, individually

and as personal representative of the Estate of Herman Luis

Caffarone, deceased, Graciela Caffarone, individually and as

personal representative of the Estate of Herman Luis

Caffarone, deceased, Salvatore V. Capasso, individually and

as Co-Adminisatrator of the Estate of Gregory J. Capasso,

deceased, Betty-Ann Capasso, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of Gregory J. Capasso,

deceased, Genevieve Walters, individually and as

Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Anthony Cawley,

deceased, Daniel Edward Cohen, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of Theodora Eugenia Cohen,

deceased, Susan Handler Cohen, individually and as

Co-Adminstrator of the Estate of Theodora Eugenia Cohen,

deceased, Aldred Corner, as Administrator of the Estate of

Tracey Jane Corner, deceased, ELizabeth Delude-Dix,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Peter

T.S. Dix, deceased, Perry Dorstein, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of David Scott Dornstein,

deceased, John M. Flynn, individually and as Administrator

of the Estate of John Patrick Flynn, deceased, Euphemia

MacAllister Foley, as Administratrix of the Estate of

William K. MacKinnon MacAllister, deceased, Lynne R. Moses,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel

P. Rosenthal, deceased, Lynn Koenig Garczynski, individually

and as personal Representative of the Estate of Kenneth R.

Garczynski, deceased, Dominique Garrett, individually,

Ernest Garrett, as Administrator of the Estate of Paul I.

Garrett, Deceased, Wendy Giebler Sifcik, individually and as

Administratrix of the Estate of William D. Giebler,

deceased, Terri F. Gould, individually and as Executrix of

the Estate of David J. Gould, deceased, Tatiana

Guevorguian, individually and as Administratrix of the

Estate of Andre Guevorguian, deceased, Anthony B. Hall,

individually and as Executor of the Estate of Nicola Jane

Hall, deceased, Paul Halsch, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Lorraine F. Halsch, deceased,

Helen Engelhardt Hawkins, as Administratrix of the Estate of

Anthony Lacey Hawkins, deceased, Anne L. Hudson,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Sophia

Hudson, deceased, Robert R. Hunt, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Karen L. Hunt, deceased,

Beverly Braniff Jeck, individually and as Executrix of the

Estate of Robert V, Jeck, deceased, Raymond M. Jermyn, Sr.,

individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of

Kathleen M. Jermyn, deceased, Margaret M. Jermyn,

individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of

Kathleen M. Jermyn, deceased, Glenn P. Johnson, Jr.,

individually and as administrator of the Estate of Beth Ann

Johnson, deceased, Rita F. Kelly, individually and as

Administratrix of the Estate of Julianne F. Kelly, deceased,

Patricia Kingham, individually and as Executrix of the

Estate of Jay J. Kingham, deceased, Marina M. Kulukundis, as

Administratriz of the Estate of Minas Christopher

Kulukundis, deceased, Barbara Ann Ludlow, individually and

as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Lloyd David

Ludlow, deceased, Patricia Audrey Martin, individually and

as Executrix of the Estate of Noel G, Martin, deceased,

Marjorie G. McKee, individually and as Executrix of the

Estate of Charles Dennis McKee, deceased, Rhoda P. Miller,

individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph K.

Miller, deceased, Gregory P. Morson, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of Eva Ingeborg Morson,

deceased, Vanessa C. Morson, individually and as

Co-Adminstrator of the Estate of Eva Ingeborg Morson,

deceased, Siobhan D. Mulroy, individually and as Executrix

of the Estate of John Mulroy, deceased, Judith A. Pagnucco,

individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Robert I.

Pagnucco, deceased, Ervin Phillips, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Sarah Phillips, deceased,

Lisa Platt, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate

of David Platt, deceased, Molena A. Porter, individually and

as Administratrix of the Estate of Walter L. Porter,

deceased, Jacob Posen, individually and as Co-Administor of

the Estate of Pamela Lynn Posen, deceased, Bonnie J. Gregge,

individually and As Co-Administrator of the Estate of Pamela

Lynn Posen, deceased, FLorencio Quiguyan, individually and

as Administrator of the Estate of Estrella C. Quiguyan,

deceased, Glendon L. Rafferty, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Bonnie Leigh Williams,

deceased, Yvonne Reeves, individually and as personal

Representative of the Estate of Anita Lynn Reeves, Oregon

Rogers, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of

Lousie Ann Rogers, deceased, John Frick Root, individually

and as Administrator of the Estate of Hanne-Maria Maijala

Root, deceased, Meryl Shahun Rosen, individually and as

Executrix of the Estate of Saul M. Rosen, deceased, Charles

M. Rosenthal, individually and as Administrator of the

Estate of Andrea Victoria Rosenthal, deceased, Eugene A.

Saraceni, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of

Elyse J. Saraceni, deceased, Franziska Schauble,

individually and as personal Representative of the Estate of

Johnannes Otto Schauble, deceased, Ingrid Hoschle,

individually and as personal Representative of the Estate of

Johannes Otto Schauble, deceased, Petra Scholl, individually

and as personal Representative of the Estate of Johannes

Otto Schauble, deceased, James L. Schlageter, as

Administrator of the Estate of Robert Thomas Schlageter,

deceased, John J. Schultz, as Administrator of the Estate of

Thomas Britton Schultz, deceased, Madeline B. Shapiro, as

Administratrix of the Estate of Amy Elizabeth Shapiro,

deceased, George L. Sheanshang, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Joan Sheanshang, deceased,

Catherine Sigal, individually and as

Addministratrix of the Estate of Irving S. Sigal, deceased,

Palmer N. Smith, individually and as Administrator of the

Estate of James A. Smith, deceased, Roosevelt Smith, as

personal Representative of the Estate of Mary E. Smith,

deceased, Harvey V. Hall, as Successor Executor of the

Estate of Mary E. Smith, deceased, Joan C. Smith,

individually and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of

Cynthia Joan Smith, deceased, Edward F. Smith, individually

and as Co-Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Joan Smith,

deceased, Donald R. Stinnett, Temporary Administrator of the

Estate of Michael Gary Stinnett, Donald R. Stinnett,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Anthony

S. Swan, deceased, Michael Woolf Tager, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Marc Tagerm deceased, Tadashi

Tanaka, as Administrator of the Estate of Hidekazu Tanaka,

deceased, Emi Tanaka, as Administrator of the Estate of

Hidekazu Tanaka, deceased, Ivy Ng Trimmer-Smith Cobb,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of David W.

Trimmer-Smith, deceased, Vera Van Tienhoven, individually

and as personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas F.

Van Tienhoven, deceased, Shirin Alaghband Vejdany,

individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Asaad

Vejdany, deceased, Michael Waido, individually and as

Administrator of the Estate of Janine Waido, deceased,

Barbara Matthews Weedon, individually and as Administratrix

of the Estate of Kesha Weedon, deceased, Rosanne Weston,

individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Jerome Lee

Watson, deceased, George H. Williams, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of George W. Williams,

deceased, Helena R. Williams, individually and as

Co-Administrator of the Estate of George W. Williams,

deceased, James K. Wolfe, Individually and as personal

Representative of the Estate of Miriam L. Wolfe, deceased,

Rosemary Mild, individually and as personal...