Judge Rejects Saudi Bid to Dismiss 9/11 Families' Suit, Allowing Case to Proceed
Judge George B. Daniels found plaintiffs presented reasonable evidence linking Saudi officials to assistance of 9/11 hijackers, allowing the civil trial to proceed after two decades of litigation.
- A federal judge in New York rejected Saudi Arabia's effort to dismiss civil claims that it supported the 9/11 hijackers.
- Lawyers for relatives of 9/11 victims claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the 9/11 hijackers.
- The law firm representing plaintiffs said the judge's decision 'ensures that the plaintiffs may continue their long pursuit of truth and justice.
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Exclusive: As 9/11 case is approved for trial, new evidence points to wider conspiracy
More than two decades, two wars, and countless lives later, 9/11 victims can take Saudi Arabia to trial. New evidence pointing to the kingdom’s involvement in the World Trade Center attacks prompted the federal judge to grant a civil trial, a historic moment and victory for the plaintiffs. Rarely in American history is a foreign nation tried in a U.S. court. Their lawsuit revealed new evidence pointing to a wider conspiracy, challenging what ma…
9/11 MDL Families Clear Immunity Hurdle To Sue Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia cannot escape claims that kingdom officials helped hijackers who carried out the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Thursday, finding that victims' families have adequately alleged their claims fall under an exception that waives the kingdom's sovereign immunity.
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Getty Images Smoke rises from the World Trade Center after two planes collided on September 11, 2001, in New York City. A federal judge in New York has rejected a request by Saudi Arabia to dismiss civil lawsuits filed by relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks. Judge George P. Daniels said the plaintiffs presented “reasonable evid…
Saudi Arabia to Stand for 9/11: a Federal Judge Rejects the Request to Dismiss a Lawsuit Against Him
"We are prepared to present even more evidence showing that Saudi Arabia was complicit in the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 innocent Americans," they said from 9/11, an organization that represents the victims' families.
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