Legal Opinion
Bodoff v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 29, 2006No. Civil Action 02-1991 (RCL)PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
This action against the Islamic Republic of Iran and a senior official of the Iranian government arises from an act of state-sponsored terrorism. The decedent, a United States citizen named Yonathan Barnea, was killed in the terrorist bombing of the Number 18 Egged passenger bus in Jerusalem, Israel on February 25, 1996. Plaintiffs, surviving family members and the administrator of Yonathan Barnea’s estate, have brought this action pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 (“FSIA”).
The FSIA…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Howard University v. BestDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Roeder v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Waldon v. CovingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by82 opinions
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