This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Feb. 25, 2012

Armenian Genocide claims are preempted: appellate court

Several Los Angeles plaintiffs' law firms seeking compensation for descendants of Armenians killed under the Turkish Ottoman Empire received a blow from the 9th Court of Appeals on Thursday.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Several Los Angeles plaintiffs' law firms seeking compensation for descendants of Armenians killed under the Turkish Ottoman Empire received a major blow from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.


In a rare 110 en banc decision, U.S. Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber wrote that a California law designed to help win compensation for descendants of the Armenian Genocide is pre-empted by ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up