United States Supreme Court

In an action by persons who were persecuted by the Somali government during the 1980s, alleging that defendant, who then held high-level government positions in Somalia, exercised command and control over the military forces committing the abuses; that he knew or should have known of these acts; and that he aided and abetted in their commission, the Fourth Circuit's reversal of the dismissal of the action is affirmed where the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) did not govern petitioner's claim of immunity because there was nothing to suggest that "foreign state" in the FSIA should be read to include an official acting on behalf of that state.

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• Decided 06/01/2010
• Published 06/01/2010

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• United States Supreme Court

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