Hegna v. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EDWINA R. HEGNA, as Executrix of the Estate of Charles F. Hegna, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action 08-274 (RC) v. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Charles Hegna was an American passenger on a flight hijacked by Hezbollah terrorists in December 1984. The flight was scheduled to proceed from Kuwait City to Karachi by way of Beirut; the terrorists diverted the plane to Tehran, where they murdered Mr. Hegna. His widow and four children brought suit under the terrorism exception to the Foreign…