Docket nos. 08-1555 Concurrence Alito | Citations 560 U.S. 305 (more) Date decided 2010 | |
Full case name Mohamed Ali Samantar, Petitioner v. Bashe Abdi Yousuf, et al. Majority Stevens, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor Similar Sosa v Alvarez‑Machain, Filártiga v Peña‑Irala, Medellín v Texas, United States v Comstock, Skilling v United States | ||
Samantar v. Yousuf, 560 U.S. 305 (2010), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court concerning whether Muhammad Ali Samatar, prime minister of Somalia under dictator Siad Barre from 1987 to 1990, could be sued in United States courts for allegedly overseeing killings and other atrocities. Samatar now lives in Virginia, and some of his victims had sued him under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991.
In a previous decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the former Somalian government official is not covered by, and therefore not entitled to immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. The Court remanded to District Court to determine whether defendant is entitled to common law immunity.
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