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Colaio v. Feinberg
Facts
More than 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001 for terrorist-related aircraft crashes into the World Trade Center towers. Eleven days later, Congress and the President enacted the Fund to provide compensation to the bereaved. Plaintiffs, who are eligible to file claims with the Victim Compensation Fund, but have not yet done so, allege that the regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice and the interpretive polices of the Special Master, Feinburg (Defendant), violate the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Act), and unconstitutionally discriminate against them. Their central allegation is that Defendant’s proposed awards fail to reflect that money who died in the World Trade Center were earning, and would have continued earn, much more than the Special Master is prepared to recognize.
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