United States Second Circuit

International Law, Civil Procedure, Injury and Tort Law, Military Law

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/09/2004
• Published 11/09/2004

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before:  CARDAMONE, MINER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen T. Rodd, Abbey Gardy, LLP, New York, New York (Harriet Tamen, Hurt, Levine & Papadakis, New York, New York;  Professor Richard H. Weisberg, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York;  Professor Lucille A. Roussin, New York, New York;  Clifford James, Fensterstock & Partners, LLP, New York, New York;  Professor Malvina Halberstam, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York;  Gregory L. Tesoro, New York, New York, of counsel), filed a letter brief for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Sharon Swingle, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., filed a letter brief for the United States of America as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Professor Andreas F. Lowenfeld, New York University School of Law, New York, New York (Professor Linda J. Silberman, New York University School of Law, New York, New York;  Steven C. Bennett, Jones Day, New York, New York, of counsel), filed a letter brief for Defendant-Appellee.