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World Trade Center. Well, litigation relating to 9/11 goes on. In In re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, the plaintiffs sought to vacate a stay of proceedings pending a decision on an interlocutory appeal relating the purported immunity from suit alleged by the defendants. The motion to vacate the stay was made after argument on the appeal. Without finally deciding the issues on appeal, the Court vacated the stay, holding that it was less likely that the defendants would prevail on appeal and that the public interest favors permitting pretrial proceedings to resume.

The decision can be found here.

Full post as published by Second Opinions on October 09, 2007 (boomark / email).