E-Systems, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PHILIP R. MILLER, Judge:

Facts

The complaint in this case claims just compensation under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, for the taking of plaintiff’s property, consisting of possessory liens on two aircraft owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The complaint asserts the taking resulted from the blocking of assets in the United States in which the Iranian government had an interest, after plaintiff had acquired its liens, and from the subsequent failure of the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to issue a…