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In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) *jii A. OPlaintiffs Alleged That Defendants Violated the ATS By Intentionally Facilitating 123 International Terrorist 0... escsecssssssssesssnseessnsesssneeessnesssnseessneessnesesnsesssnsesssnsecssnseccaneecssseessueesaueessaneersneersaeeraneeetanseetansestan B. Acts of International Terrorism are a Violation of Customary International Law 0.0... 123 1. United Nations Security Council resolutions: ..rccccccsccssececsesscesssseeesseesceseseesneeceseesceeesnsecaseecaeesneecaseseaeereneeeaseseaeersneees 125 2. International CONVENLIONS .reccssecsscsseessessseesssneesssnsesssnsesesnsesssnsesssnecssnecsueeescuseessueeesssessautessaueensaeersaneetaneeetaneeetanettad 126 3. Domestic Taw Of NAtiONS ecceecscscccsssssssseesseeesseessseeesneecaseccseeesnsecaseccaseesnecsesecesesesnesstsecaseseasersnsecuseceaersnesseseceaeeeaeeeeneecaseesaess 128 4. Congress and federal COUrIS ecccccscscessesseeeceeessseeesneeceseceseeesnecensecesscssneeseseceaeeescessnsecaseceasersnsecaseseaeesneesnseceaeessneeenseseds 129 C. International Terrorism Is Sufficiently Definite and of Mutual Concern to States... ecceseseeseeeeeenees 132 II. The District Court Improperly Dismissed the Torture Victim Protection Act Claims ....0....eeeceee 135 IV. The District Court Improperly Dismissed the Negligence And Intentional Tort Claims «0... 139 A. The District Court Wrongly Dismissed the Negligence Claims oo... cc eeccsssseesntesseeseseeesneeceeeseseersneecnteseatereneess 140 B. The District Court Wrongly Dismissed the Intentional Tort Clatims ec ecsceesssecseeesseeesseeesneeceeeeneereneeceeeneaes 145 1. Plaintiffs’ Claims Are Not Time-Barved .ccccccsssssssssssesssesssessseecseeccceessneeseseceseeesnessnsecasescaressneecasesearersneeenteseanereneess 145 1. Plaintiffs Pleaded That Defendants Materially Supported al-Qa@dQ ...sccscssccsessseeceeseeeeeeseecneeseeeeneeeesnteseeteneneess 148 2. Defendants Who Supported al-Qaeda Through Its Network Are Liable ...ccecccscessseseeseeectesseeeeeieecneesseee 149 V. The Court Should Reverse The Dismissals Of NCB and the Sovereign Defendants Based Upon Doe 151 Ve BEM LAMON vescssessssesssssesssseessseessseessseesnseessnseeesnseeesnseersnsesssnseessnseeesnsesransesesnsescsnsessunsescunessuneesssnecsassessaneensuseeraneetaneeetaneestanseetan A. The Sovereign Defendants And NCB Were Dismissed Under Terrorist Attacks TID... 152 B. Doe Overruled Terrorist Attacks TID ciccsscsssssssssssssessssessseesssnsesssneesssneessseeesssseesssseessseesaseessnseensnneersneersnseetanseetanestan 154 *iv C. The Court Should Reverse the Dismissals of the Sovereign Defendants and NCB and Remand 155 For Jurisdictional Discovery ......cscsssssssssseessseessescseesesecasescssecsnscsaseseasessnecsnsecesescsnessnsecaseseasersnsesaseceaecsnessesecaneeeaeesneecaseesaess COMCTUSION ose eessseesssseesssseessssesssneecsnseessnseetsnseersnseessnsesssnsesesnsesrsnsesesnsesesnsesesasecssnsecsansessuseecessescestecsassessuueersnseersnseetanseeraneeraneseanses 156 Certificate Of Compliance Pursuant to FRAP 32(a)(7)(A) -.sseecssescsssseesstecesessseesnseceseccsseesnsccuseceaeeesnessnseceaeensneesnseseds 160 *y TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc., 130 8. Ct. 3541 (2010) eens 124 Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc., 562 F.3d 163 (2d Cir. 2009) we 124, 136, 137 Abecassis v. Wyatt, 785 F. Supp. 2d 614 (S.D. Tex. 2011) ...... 68, 71, 101, 118 WESTLAW HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023365