Justices Revive Award Against Sudan Over Embassy Bombings (2)

The U.S. Supreme Court revived a $4.3 billion punitive damage award against Sudan related to the twin al Qaeda bombings of American embassies in East Africa in 1998.

The justices on Monday unanimously reversed an appeals court ruling that had tossed punitive damages because the law allowing them in these kinds of cases was enacted about a decade after the truck-bomb attacks in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people and injured thousands of others.

The high court said the law here applies retroactively. It rejected Sudan’s argument that Congress must provide a “super-clear statement” when it’s dealing ...