Legal Opinion
Mwila v. The Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 28, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2008-1377PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
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. This Court has entered final judgment on liability under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) in this civil action and several related cases — brought by victims of the bombings and their families — against the Republic of Sudan, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Sudan, the Islamic…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Peterson v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Reed v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab RepublicDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Wamai v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Owens v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Fay v. PerlesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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