§ 2333. — Civil remedies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2333]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 113B--TERRORISM
Sec. 2333. Civil remedies
(a) Action and Jurisdiction.--Any national of the United States
injured in his or her person, property, or business by reason of an act
of international terrorism, or his or her estate, survivors, or heirs,
may sue therefor in any appropriate district court of the United States
and shall recover threefold the damages he or she sustains and the cost
of the suit, including attorney's fees.
(b) Estoppel Under United States Law.--A final judgment or decree
rendered in favor of the United States in any criminal proceeding under
section 1116, 1201, 1203, or 2332 of this title or section 46314, 46502,
46505, or 46506 of title 49 shall estop the defendant from denying the
essential allegations of the criminal offense in any subsequent civil
proceeding under this section.
(c) Estoppel Under Foreign Law.--A final judgment or decree rendered
in favor of any foreign state in any criminal proceeding shall, to the
extent that such judgment or decree may be accorded full faith and
credit under the law of the United States, estop the defendant from
denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in any
subsequent civil proceeding under this section.
(Added Pub. L. 102-572, title X, Sec. 1003(a)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106
Stat. 4522; amended Pub. L. 103-429, Sec. 2(1), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat.
4377.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-429 substituted ``section 46314,
46502, 46505, or 46506 of title 49'' for ``section 902(i), (k), (l),
(n), or (r) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1472(i),
(k), (l), (n), or (r))''.
Effective Date
Section applicable to any pending case or any cause of action
arising on or after 4 years before Oct. 29, 1992, see section 1003(c) of
Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 2331 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2334, 2335, 2336, 2337 of
this title.
