Court limits jurisdiction over claims linking Saudi princes and charities to Al Qaeda funding
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The passage outlines a federal district court’s detailed rulings on jurisdiction and sovereign immunity for lawsuits alleging Saudi government and royal involvement in charitable contributions that al Jurisdictional discovery was ordered to assess whether a Saudi Arabian bank’s U.S. contacts create p The court found Saudi princes’ charitable contributions insufficient to meet New York’s concerted
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