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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BRIAN M. COGAN, District Judge.

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INTRODUCTION.. to to 00

EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. to to to

I. Plaintiffs’ Case.299

II. Defendant’s Case.305

STANDARD OF REVIEW.310

DISCUSSION.310

I. Sanctions Order. H r-< CO

A. Background.'. B. The Effect of the Permissive Inference. H 00 r-4 v — ( CO OO

C. The Effect of the Preclusion Order-U5 r-f CO

D. The Solicitor General’s Certiorari Brief OO ¶ — ( CO

II. “Act of International Terrorism” . OO to CO

III. Causation . CO to CO

A. Governing Law.'. OO to

B. Jury Charge. CO OO

C. Sufficiency of the Evidence. 00 to OO

IV. Attribution to Hamas. o CO CO

V. Scienter. CO CO

VI. Respondeat Superior. lO CO CO

VII. Evidentiary Rulings. CO CO

A. Authentication Generally. CCO CO

B. Declarations Against Interest. OO CO CO

C. Foreign Law . CO ^ CO

D. Israeli List of Unlawful Associations and Terrorist Organizations ^ ^ CO

E. FinCEN Assessment-lo ^ CO

F. Saudi Committee Experts