Waiver of civil suit will not affect retrial of case
Cairo Legal experts said that the reported waiver of civil suit against Egyptian business tycoon Hesham Talaat MustafaHesham Talaat Mustafa and a former policeman accused of killing Lebanese pop singer Suzan Tamim will not affect the retrial of the criminal case filed against them.
On April 26, 2011, the US Supreme Court decided United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, No. 09-846, holding that under 28 USC § 1500, two suits are ``for or in respect to'' the same claim, precluding jurisdiction in the Court of Federal Claims, if they are based on substantially the same operative facts, regardless of the relief sought in each suit.