Legal Opinion
Estate of John Doe v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 9, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2008-0540PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Shortly after 1 p.m. on April 18, 1983, an unidentified driver rammed a vehicle laden with more than a ton of explosives into the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Sixty-three people perished and scores of others were injured in the result ing explosion. In the aftermath of the attack, the Embassy moved its operations to a new location, the Embassy Annex. On September 20, 1984, another bomb detonated at the Annex. At least eleven people were killed and over fifty others were injured. Many of the victims had themselves survived the 1983…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Sere v. Group Hospitalization, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Peterson v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab RepublicDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Fritz v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Akins v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Opati v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Mwila v. The Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
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