Iraq sovereign immunity ruling [US SC]

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Iraq sovereign immunity ruling [US SC]

June 8, 2009 08:02:00 pm

Republic of Iraq v. Beaty, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 [holding that Iraq has sovereign immunity from US court jurisdiction in cases alleging mistreatment during the Saddam Hussein regime, at which time the country was designated as a sponsor of terrorism]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Republic of Iraq v Beaty

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