Samantar v. Yousuf
Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 305 (2010), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court concerning whether Muhammad Ali Samatar, prime minister of Somalia under dictator Siad Barre from 1987 to 1990, could be sued in United States courts for allegedly overseeing killings and other atrocities. Samatar now lives in Virginia, and some of his victims had sued him under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991.
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Samantar v. Yousuf
Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 305 (2010), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court concerning whether Muhammad Ali Samatar, prime minister of Somalia under dictator Siad Barre from 1987 to 1990, could be sued in United States courts for allegedly overseeing killings and other atrocities. Samatar now lives in Virginia, and some of his victims had sued him under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991.
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Mohamed Ali Samantar, Petitioner v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al.
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The FSIA, which provides that ...... etitioner’s claim of immunity.
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Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 3 ...... Victim Protection Act of 1991.
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Mohamed Ali Samantar, Petitioner v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al.
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