Humanitarian Law Project v. United States Department of Treasury

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Pending before the Court are Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. The parties’ Motions came on for hearing on July 26, 2006. Having considered the parties’ submissions, the case file, and counsels’ arguments, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Plaintiffs’ Motion, and GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment.

BACKGROUND

This case is the latest in a series of challenges that Plaintiffs have raised to measures taken by the Federal Government in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on this Country. Plaintiffs are five organizations and two United States citizens seeking to provide support to the lawful, nonviolent activities of the Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) (“PKK”) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (“LTTE”). The PKK and the LTTE have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations.

The PKK is a political organization representing the interests of the Kurds in Turkey, with…