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766 ber 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as well as insurance carriers, brought actions against al Qaeda, al Qaeda’s members and associ- ates, alleged state sponsors of terrorism, and individuals and entities who allegedly provided support to Al Qaeda, asserting causes of action under Torture Victim Pro- tection Act (TVPA), Antiterrorism Act (ATA), Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organi- zations Act (RICO), as well as claims for aiding and abetting, conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, survival, wrongful death, trespass, and as- sault and battery. Actions were consolidat- ed by Multidistrict Litigation Panel. Vari- ous defendants filed motions to dismiss. Holdings: The District Court, Casey, J., held that: (1) jurisdictional discovery was warranted on issue whether Saudi Arabian bank was immune under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA); claims against Saudi Arabia and two of its officials based on alleged contribu- tions to charities were not subject to commercial activities exception of FSIA; complaint alleging that Saudi Princes contributed to charities that supported al Qaeda failed to allege causal connec- tion sufficient to satisfy New York standard for concerted action liability, for purposes of torts exception of FSIA; (4) claims against Saudi Arabian Prince arising from alleged contributions to charities were barred by discretionary function exception to torts exception of FSIA; (5) claims against Saudi Arabian Prince arising from alleged decisions regard- ing treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda leader were barred by discretionary function exception to torts exception of FSIA; 2 a 6B ar 349 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES (6) claims against Saudi Arabia arising from alleged decisions to make charita- ble contributions were barred by dis- cretionary function exception to torts exception of FSIA; (7 ——, survivors failed to make prima facie showing necessary to establish person- al jurisdiction over Princes and others under New York’s long-arm statute; (8 i modified due process standard appro- priate for mass torts would not be applied to question of personal juris- diction; (9) allegations were insufficient to estab- lish general personal jurisdiction over Princes; (10) survivors failed to establish personal jurisdiction over founder of Saudi Arabian company; (11) limited discovery would be permitted with regard to whether Saudi Arabian bank’s contacts with United States were sufficient for exercise of person- al jurisdiction; (12) survivors failed to establish personal jurisdiction over director of charity; (13) jurisdictional discovery was warrant- ed to determine if Saudi Arabian con- struction company purposefully di- rected its activities at United States; (14) jurisdictional discovery was warrant- ed to determine which of charitable network’s entities had presence in Virginia, for purposes of personal ju- risdiction; (15) survivors made prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction over bank chairman; (16) survivors failed to state cause of ac- tion under RICO; (17) attacks were extreme and outrageous, as required for intentional infliction of emotional distress; HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017831