More than two decades, two wars, and countless lives later, 9/11 victims can take Saudi Arabia to trial. New evidence pointing to the kingdom’s involvement in the World Trade Center attacks prompted the federal judge to grant a civil trial, a historic moment and victory for the plaintiffs. Rarely in American history is a foreign nation tried in a U.S. court.

Their lawsuit revealed new evidence pointing to a wider conspiracy, challenging what many previously understood about the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil. But a federal judge ruled the case can go before a jury only because of a law, enacted 15 years after the lawsuit was filed, that allows foreign nations to be sued in U.S. courts under certain circumstances.

“This is extraordinary,” Jerry Goldman, an Anderson Kill partner who represents the lead plaintiff, hundreds of families and thousands of people, told Straight Arrow News. “It should not have been this long. I got family members dying. 24 years is a long time. … This is the longest case of my career.”

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