Republic of Iraq v. Beaty, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 [holding that Iraq has sovereign immunity from US court jurisdiction in cases alleging mistreatment during the Saddam Hussein regime, at which time the country was designated as a sponsor of terrorism]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
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