Legal Opinion
Goldberg-Botvin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 4, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-1292PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
This action against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) arises from an act of state-sponsored terrorism. The decedent, a fourteen-year-old United States citizen named Yael Botvin, was killed in a September 4, 1997, suicide bombing in the crowded pedestrian mall on Ben Yehuda Street in downtown Jerusalem, Israel, by Hamas. In a previous action under the former state-sponsored terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7), the Court awarded $1.7 million in compensatory damages to Yael’s estate…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Rimkus v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- In Re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism LitigationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Moradi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Mohammadi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Flanagan v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of KoreaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
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