JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge: Most Americans would probably be surprised to learn that victims of atrocities committed in Bosnia are suing the leader of the insurgent Bosnian-Serb forces in a United States District Court in Manhattan. Their claims seek to build upon the foundation of this Court’s decision in Filártiga v. Peña-Irala, <a href="/opinion/382191/dolly-m-e-filartiga-a…
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