Legal Opinion
Foremost-Mckesson, Inc. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 15, 1990No. 89-7126PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal involves a claim by a United States business that the appellant, Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”), acting through various codefendants who controlled the shares and the board of directors of a dairy company in Iran, used its majority position to lock the appellee out of the management of the dairy and to deny the appellee its share of the company’s earnings. Iran claims that it is immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§…
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