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United States Supports Dismissal of U.S. POWs’ Billion-Dollar Default Judgment Against Iraq; U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 99 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 699 - 701
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 28 U.S.C. § 1605 note.

2 Acree v. Republic of Iraq, 271 F.Supp.2d 179 (D.D.C. July 7, 2003).

3 P.L. 108-11, 117 Stat. 559.

4 Message to the Congress Reporting the Declaration of a National Emergency with Respect to the Development Fund for Iraq, 39 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 21, 647–48 (May 22, 2003)Google Scholar.

5 Cicippio-Puleo v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 353 F.3d 1024, 1047 (D.C. Cir. 2004).

6 Acree v. Republic of Iraq, 370 F.3d 41, 51 (D.C. Cir. June 4, 2004).

7 In a separate opinion, Judge Roberts agreed with the result but accepted the government’s argument that the president’s action made the waiver of Iraq’s sovereign immunity under section 1605(a)(7) no longer applicable in the case of Iraq.

8 Brief for the United States in Opposition at 14 (Mar. 2005), Acree v. Republic of Iraq, 125 S.Ct. 1928 (Apr. 25, 2005) (No. 04-820) (on file with author).

9 Id. at 10–13 (citations and section number omitted).

10 125 S.Ct. 1928 (2005).