Haynes Boone has joined a coalition of civil rights organizations in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Miriam Fuld, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al., supporting the rights of American victims of terrorism to seek justice under the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA).
Haynes Boone Partner Craig Unterberg, Counsel Leel Sinai and Associate Scott Whitman filed the brief alongside lawyers from Holtzman Vogel on behalf of Agudath Israel of America, the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, StandWithUs, the American Jewish Committee, the Zionist Organization of America, the Anti-Defamation League, One Israel Fund, the National Jewish Advocacy Center, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, the Rieders Foundation, Christians United for Israel and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
The brief supports the rights of American victims of terrorism in Israel and the West Bank to seek justice by being subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The brief urges the Court to uphold the PSJVTA and to reinstate the ability of victims to hold perpetrators accountable under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in U.S. courts.
Congress previously passed these statutes, ensuring that perpetrators would be subject to jurisdiction in U.S. courts with bipartisan support, and the brief advocates for the upholding of those statutes.
