Legal Opinion
Opati v. Republic of Sudan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-1224PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
Over fifteen years ago, on August 7, 1998, the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were devastated by simultaneous suicide bombings that killed hundreds of people and injured over a thousand. Plaintiffs, victims of the bombings and their families brought this civil- action and several related cases under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) against the Republic of Sudan, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Sudan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Roeder v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Hill v. Republic of IraqCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Peterson v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
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3Cited by38 opinions
- James Owens v. Republic of SudanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Roth v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Braun v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
- Moradi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Worley v. the Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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