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Government

Dec. 14, 2010

States Can Recognize Armenian Genocide

In an unusual move, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its own ruling to allow the heirs of victims of the Armenian Genocide to recoup life insurance payments.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In an unusual move, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its own ruling from a year ago to allow the heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide to recoup their relatives' life insurance payments.


The 2-1 decision, authored by Judge Harry Pregerson, came as the result of an unexpected switch in vote from Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, who in August 2009 had joined an oppo...

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