The complaint filed in April 2020 alleges that Chinese officials are “responsible for the enormous death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on the world, including Missourians.”
U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh said in his 38-page ruling that in this case federal rules prohibit a sovereign foreign entity from being sued in American courts.
"All in all, the court has no choice but to dismiss this novel complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction," Limbaugh stated in the final line of the . The judge noted earlier in the opinion that the civil suit against China is one of many filed "amidst the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic."WASHINGTON, DC - April 26: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in the Biden v.
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