U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Estate of Klieman by and Through Kesner v. Palestinian Auth.
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- Opinion
- Filed
- May 14, 2019
- Case
- Estate of Klieman by and Through Kesner v. Palestinian Auth.
- Case status
- Decided
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Williams, Senior Circuit Judge: During the Second Intifada, Palestinian terrorists ambushed an Israeli public bus traveling in the West Bank and opened fire, killing an American schoolteacher, Esther Klieman. Klieman's estate (along with some survivors and heirs) sued numerous defendants-including the Palestinian Authority ("PA") and Palestinian Liberation Organization ("PLO")-under the…
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