ESTATE OF KLIEMAN BY AND THROUGH KESNER v. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLO (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

ESTATE OF Esther KLIEMAN, BY AND THROUGH its Administrator, Aaron KESNER, et al., Appellants v. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, also known as Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization, also known as PLO, Appellees

No. 15-7034

Decided: August 18, 2020

Before: Garland and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Williams *, Senior Circuit Judge.

Richard D. Heideman, Esquire, Tracy Reichman Kalik, Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC, Washington, DC, Edward Brian MacAllister, Esquire, Steven R. Perles, Esquire, Perles Law Firm, PC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs - Appellants Gassan A. Baloul, Attorney, Mitchell Rand Berger, Alexandra Elizabeth Chopin, John Burlingame, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Washington, DC, Pierre H. Bergeron, Attorney, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants - Appellees Courtney Dixon, Sharon Swingle, U.S. Department of Justice, (DOJ) Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States

JUDGMENT

This cause came to be heard on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, vacating this court's judgment and remanding for further consideration in light of the subsequently enacted Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019, H.R. 1865, 116th Cong., § 903 (December 20, 2019). On consideration thereof, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the portion of this court's judgment affirming the District Court's judgment relating to general jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, and discovery, as discussed at Estate of Esther Klieman v. Palestinian Authority, 923 F.3d 1115, 1115-27 (D.C. Cir. 2019), be reinstated. It is

FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the case be remanded for further proceedings in light of the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019, H.R. 1865, 116th Cong., § 903 (December 20, 2019).

The Clerk is directed to issue the mandate forthwith.

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