Legal Opinion
Kaplan v. Cent. Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 20, 2018No. 16-7142; No. 16-7122PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurring opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge Edwards.
Srinivasan, Circuit Judge
These cases arise from a barrage of rocket attacks launched by Hezbollah into northern Israel in the summer of 2006. Plaintiffs are a group of American, Israeli, and Canadian citizens who sued Hezbollah and two foreign banks for injuries sustained during the attacks. In one action, the American plaintiffs allege that Hezbollah's rocket attacks amounted to acts of international terrorism, in violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). In a second action, all of the plaintiffs accuse the banks of funding…
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