US Supreme Court Denies Review of Armenian Genocide Insurance Claims‏

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Washington, DC – The US Supreme Court today denied lead plaintiff
Harry Arzoumanian’s petition for review of a 9th Circuit Court
ruling, in the case of /Arzoumanian vs. Munich-Re/.

Arzoumanian and other plaintiffs including Garo Ayaltin, Miran
Khagerian and Ara Khajerian brought claims against Munich-Re for
unpaid insurance claims arising out of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

The lawsuit was first filed by attorney Vartkes Yeghiayan in 2003 and
moved through various levels of the appeals process reaching the
highest court of law, the US Supreme Court.

The lower court interpreted the California law that allows heirs of
genocide survivors to file suit against insurance companies and other
entities as an intrusion upon the federal government’s right to
conduct foreign relations. The 9th Circuit Court questioned the
motives of the California legislature and issued its ruling on the
basis of it being preempted by the rights conferred upon the federal
government. Petitioners Igor Timofeyev, Lee Boyd, Michael Bazyler,
Rajika Shah and Vartkes Yeghiayan were arguing that the issue at hand
was one of State powers and that this decision was a clear over-reach
of the Federal government upon the State legislature.

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