(CNN) The Supreme Court on Friday said that the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority in a decision that will likely make it easier for victims of other overseas attacks with ties to Palestinian groups to seek damages in US courts.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the court and the vote was unanimous.
Roberts wrote that the federal government has “strong interest in permitting American victims of international terror to pursue justice in domestic courts.”
The court has “recognized the national government’s interest in holding accountable those who perpetrate an ‘act of violence against’ US nationals — who, even when physically outside our borders, remain ‘under the particular protection’ of American law,” Roberts wrote.
