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IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
771
Cite as 349 F.Supp.2d 765 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
tirely on factual allegations, and would specific facts warranting the inference that
prevail even if defendants made contrary
the defendant was a member of the con-
arguments.
Fed. Rules
Civ.Proc.Rule
spiracy, and show that the defendant's co-
12(b)(2), 28 U.S.C.A.
conspirator committed a tort in New York.
N.Y.McKinney's CPLR 302(a)(2).
35. Federal Courts @m96
In resolving motions to dismiss for
41. Courts en 12(2.20)
lack of personal jurisdiction, the district
To warrant the inference that an out-
court reads the complaints and affidavits
of-state defendant was a member of a con-
in a light most favorable to the plaintiffs.
spiracy, as required for a court to exercise
Fed. Rules
Civ.Proc. Rule
12(b)(2), 28
personal jurisdiction under New York's
U.S.C.A.
long-arm statute on the basis of the acts of
36. Federal Courts @96
co-conspirators in New York, plaintiffs
In resolving a motion to dismiss for
must show that: (1) the defendant had an
lack of personal jurisdiction, the district
awareness of the effects in New York of its
court will not accept legally conclusory
activity; (2) the activity of the co-conspira-
assertions or draw argumentative infer-
tors in New York was to the benefit of the
out-of-state conspirators; and (3) the co-
ences.
Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 12(b)(2),
28 U.S.C.A.
conspirators acting in New York acted at
the direction or under the control or at the
37. Federal Courts Em 417
request of or on behalf of the out-of-state
A federal court sitting in diversity ex-
defendant.
N.Y.MeKinney's CPLR
ercises personal jurisdiction over a foreign
302(a)(2).
defendant to the same extent as courts of
general jurisdiction of the state in which it
42. Federal Courts @94, 96
sits. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 4(k)(1)(A),
Allegations by victims' survivors, that
28 U.S.C.A.
various defendants, including Saudi Ara-
bian Princes, conspired with al Qaeda ter-
38. Courts @ 12(2.20)
rorists to perpetrate September 11, 2001
For New York's long-arm statute to
attacks, failed to make prima facie showing
provide a basis for personal jurisdiction in
necessary to establish personal jurisdiction
a civil conspiracy action, the plaintiffs are
as to Antiterrorism Act (ATA) claims un-
not required to establish the existence of a
der New York's long-arm statute, absent
formal agency relationship between the de-
fendants and their putative co-conspira-
could infer that defendants directed, con-
tors. N.Y.McKinney's CPLR 302(a)(2).
39. Courts @ 12(2.20)
The bland assertion of conspiracy is
insufficient to establish personal jurisdic-
tion under New York's long-arm statute.
N.Y.McKinney's CPLR 302(a)(2).
40. Courts em 12(2.20)
To establish personal jurisdiction on a
conspiracy theory under New York's long-
arm statute, the plaintiffs must make a
prima facie showing of conspiracy, allege
consent to those activities. 18 U.S.C.A.
$ 2331 et seq.; N.Y.McKinney's CPLR
302(a)(2).
43. Constitutional Law 305(5)
Federal Courts e 76.5
For jurisdiction to exist under the
rule establishing personal jurisdiction in
any district court for cases arising under
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