United States Eleventh Circuit

In a case involving alleged torture and extrajudicial killings by defendant in Haiti, orders dismissing plaintiffs' claims under the Alien Tort Claims Act, the Torture Victim Protection Act, and additional Florida statutes are reversed where each dismissal was in error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2005
• Published 12/01/2005

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dwayne Edward Williams, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Thomas Edward Bishop, Cynthia L. Hain, Stuart F. Williams, Holland & Knight, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Matthew J. Eisenbrandt, Center for Justice & Accountability, San Francisco, CA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kurt R. Klaus, Jr., Coral Gables, FL, Scott M. Behren, Weston, FL, for Appellees.