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Second Circuit Recognizes Common Law Immunity of Former Senior Israeli Intelligence Official

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of International Law

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References

1 Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9 (2d Cir. 2009).

2 28 U.S.C. §1350 (2000).

3 28 U.S.C. §§1602-1611 (2000 & Supp. Ill 2003).

4 563F.3datll.

5 538F.3d71 (2d Cir. 2008).

6 Compare Belhas v. Ya’alon, 515 F.3d 1279, 1284-86 (D.C. Cir. 2008) (suggesting that defendant’s employment status at time a suit is brought is not controlling) with Yousuf v. Samantar, 552 F.3d 371, 381-83 (4th Cir. 2009) (relevant statutory language is FSIA is in present tense, so past officials not covered).

7 5 6 3 F . 3 d a t l 3 .

8 [Editors’s Note: The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon, 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 116 (1812).]

9 563 F.3d at 14 (citation omitted).