Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• awarding the same amount in solatium damages to spouses of terror victims irrespective of whether the spouses had divorced or separated
• awarding the same amount in solatium damages to spouses of terror victims irrespective of whether the spouses had divorced or separated
• finding hostage taking when plaintiff’s release was “conditione[d] . . . on the receipt of humanitarian aid and/or the lifting of sanctions or the United Nations embargo”
• awarding $1.5 million to spouses of released victims who were forced to raise children alone and lived “never knowing if their husbands were being tortured or were even still alive”
• finding torture where plaintiff was incarcerated with inadequate sanitary facilities and no medical care
• finding intentional torture where plaintiff was threatened for refusing to give false confession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).