Supreme Court has ruled against USS Cole bombing victims in their lawsuit against Sudan. Decision clears the way for lower courts to toss $314 million in damages awarded to families.
The court, 8-1, said the victims did not properly serve notice of their lawsuit to the government of Sudan. The decision clears the way for lower courts to throw out the more than $314 million default judgment that was awarded to the families. The case arose from the bombing of the USS Cole, in which 17 US Navy sailors were killed and 42 were wounded when a boat pulled up alongside the USS Cole and exploded while docked at the port of Aden, Yemen.
The US does not accept such service in its embassies abroad and a ruling in favor of the challengers would complicate foreign relations, Justice Department attorney Erica Ross argued. "The United States has embassies all over the world," she said, and"deputizing each of those to accept service on behalf of the United States is quite problematic.
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