ESTATE OF JOHN BUONOCORE III et al v. GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, et al

Filing 34

ORDER granting 17 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss; the Complaint is hereby dismissed with prejudice. Signed by Judge Gladys Kessler on 7/9/07. (CS, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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ESTATE OF JOHN BUONOCORE III, )
et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE’S
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LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA,
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et al.,
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 06-727 (GK)

ORDER
Plaintiffs, the victims of a terrorist attack on the Rome
Airport on December 27, 1985, bring personal injury and wrongful
death claims against the governments of Libya and Syria, and
agencies and officials of those governments. This matter is before
the Court on a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(b)(5)

and

12(b)(6)

by

Defendants

Libya,

Libyan

Internal

Security, Libyan External Security, Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi, Abdallah
al-Sanusi, and Ibrahim al-Bishari.

Upon consideration of the

Motion, Opposition, Reply, Surreply, the parties’ arguments at the
motions hearing held before the Court on June 12, 2007, and the
entire

record

herein,

and

for

the

reasons

stated

in

the

accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby
ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. No. 17] is
granted; it is further

ORDERED that the Complaint is dismissed with prejudice.
This is a final appealable Order.

See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a).

/s/
Gladys Kessler
United States District Judge

July 9, 2007

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