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Judge Rejects Saudi Bid to Dismiss 9/11 Families' Suit, Allowing Case to Proceed
Judge George B. Daniels found plaintiffs presented reasonable evidence linking Saudi officials to assistance of 9/11 hijackers, allowing the civil trial to proceed after two decades of litigation.
- A federal judge in New York rejected Saudi Arabia's effort to dismiss civil claims that it supported the 9/11 hijackers.
- Lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the 9/11 hijackers.
- The law firm representing plaintiffs said the judge's decision 'ensures that the plaintiffs may continue their long pursuit of truth and justice.
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Exclusive: As 9/11 case is approved for trial, new evidence points to wider conspiracy
More than two decades, two wars, and countless lives later, 9/11 victims can take Saudi Arabia to trial. New evidence pointing to the kingdom’s involvement in the World Trade Center attacks prompted the federal judge to grant a civil trial, a historic moment and victory for the plaintiffs. Rarely in American history is a foreign nation tried in a U.S. court. Their lawsuit revealed new evidence pointing to a wider conspiracy, challenging what ma…
9/11 MDL Families Clear Immunity Hurdle To Sue Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia cannot escape claims that kingdom officials helped hijackers who carried out the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Thursday, finding that victims' families have adequately alleged their claims fall under an exception that waives the kingdom's sovereign immunity.
Saudi Arabia to Stand for 9/11: a Federal Judge Rejects the Request to Dismiss a Lawsuit Against Him
"We are prepared to present even more evidence showing that Saudi Arabia was complicit in the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 innocent Americans," they said from 9/11, an organization that represents the victims' families.
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