CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON et al v. GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting (74) (80) the Libyan Defendants Motions to Dismiss in case 1:06-cv-00731-GK; and granting (24) (18) the Libyan Defendants Motions to Dismiss in case 1:08-cv-00504-GK; Plaintiffs are to file, no later than February 1, 2010, a Praecipe indicating how they wish to proceed against the Syrian Defendants (Plaintiffs are asked not to "spread" their Praecipe and file only in the lead case). Signed by Judge Gladys Kessler on 1/7/10. Associated Cases: 1:06-cv-00731-GK, 1:08-cv-00504-GK(CL, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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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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CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT
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LLOYDS LONDON, 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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CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT
LLOYDS LONDON, et al.,

Civil Action No. 06-731 (GK)

Civil Action No. 08-504 (GK)

ORDER
In C.A. No. 06-731, Plaintiffs Certain Underwriters at Lloyds
London (“Lloyds”), Allianz Cornhill Insurance, PLC; Aviation &
General Insurance Company, Ltd.; English & American Insurance
Company Ltd.; Markel Insurance Company Ltd.; Minster Insurance
Company Ltd.; MMO/New York Marine and General; Nippon Insurance
Company of Europe Ltd.; Riverstone Insurance UK Ltd.; Sovereign
Marine & General Insurance Company Ltd.; SR International Business

Insurance Company Ltd.; Tower Insurance Ltd.; and La Réunion
Aérienne (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) bring these actions against
Defendants Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Libyan
Internal Security; Libyan External Security; Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi;
Abdallah al-Sanusi; Ibrahaim al-Bishari (collectively, “Libyan
Defendants”);

the

Syrian

Intelligence;

and

Muhammed

Arab
al

Republic;
Khuli

Syrian

Air

(collectively,

Force
“Syrian

Defendants”),1 pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1602, et seq. (2006) (Count I);

common law

conversion and trespass (Counts II and III); and Aircraft Piracy
under the Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (2006)
(Count IV).

Second Am. Compl. [C.A. No. 06-731, Dkt. No. 60].

In C.A. No. 08-504, the same Plaintiffs bring suit pursuant to
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub.
L. No. 110-181, § 1083, 122 Stat. 3 (2008).

They claim that

Defendants violated the FSIA (Count I); committed common law
conversion

and

trespass

(Counts

II

and

III);

and

engaged

in

Aircraft Piracy under the ATCA (Count IV). Compl. [C.A. No. 08-504,
Dkt. No. 1].

1

Defendants
Syrian
Arab
Republic,
Syrian
Air
Force
Intelligence, and Muhammed al Khuli defaulted in C.A. No. 06-731
[Dkt. Nos. 21-23] and have failed to appear in C.A. No. 08-504.
Hereinafter, “Defendants” refers to all Defendants except the
Syrian defendants.
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This matter is before the court on Defendants’ Motions to
Dismiss Duplicative Complaint [C.A. No. 06-731, Dkt. No. 74; C.A.
No. 08-504, Dkt. No. 18] and Defendants’ Supplemental Motions to
Dismiss [C.A. No. 06-731, Dkt. No. 80; C.A. No. 08-504, Dkt. No.
24].

Upon consideration of the extensive briefing by parties and

the United States Government, and the entire record herein, and for
the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is
hereby
ORDERED,

that

Libyan

Defendants’

Motions

to

Dismiss

are

granted; and it is further
ORDERED, that Plaintiffs are to file, no later than February
1, 2010, a Praecipe indicating how they wish to proceed against the
Syrian Defendants.

/s/
Gladys Kessler
United States District Judge

January 6, 2010

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