U.S. Federal appeals court to rehear Armenian genocide lawsuit targeting insurance companies
A federal appeals court on Monday took up the thorny issue of whether California law declaring there was an Armenian genocide in Turkey conflicts with U.S. foreign policy, “Washington Post” writes.
According to the source, it’s the third time in two years the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has confronted the politically charged question. In a rare move, the court reversed itself last year after a judge changed her mind and turned a 2-1 ruling rendered in 2009 in favor of insurers into a 2-1 decision supporting the heirs’ lawsuit.