Two Northeast Mississippi attorneys will argue before the Supreme Court next week in a case that could determine whether the government of Sudan will pay billions of dollars to victims of 1998 terrorist attacks.
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Two northeast mississippi attorneys will argue before the supreme court next week in a case that could determine whether the government of sudan will pay billions of dollars to victims of 1998 terrorist attacks.
Attorneys jamie franks and bill wheeler will argue that sudan is liable for nearly six billion dollars in punitive damages related to the terrorist bombings that targeted two u s embassies on august 7 1998.
More than 200 people were killed in the truck bomb attacks.
Sudan was found liable in 2011 for harboring terrorists linked to osama bin laden and al qaeda.
The government of sudan has tied the case up in appeals//.
"the court held, in 2014 that not only should sudan and iran be punished with compensatory damages, they should have to pay punitive damages, which those punitive damages, in the amount of a compensatory damage verdict, that is what will be argued in the united states supreme court next week."
"we are not only representing us citizens, but foreign nationals, who worked for the us government, throughout the world it's the main face of the usa , are employees who work at the embassies."
Wheeler and franks will have one hour to make their arguments before the justices.
A decision is expected this
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