Legal Opinion
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 27, 2013No. 11-2144PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellants in this case are United States citizens who were injured in a 1997 terrorist attack that Hamas orchestrated in Jerusalem. They sued the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that Iran had provided material support to Hamas and was therefore liable for the attack. In 2003, the plaintiffs obtained a default judgment against Iran. Campuzano v. Islamic Rep. of Iran, 281 F.Supp.2d 258 (D.D.C.2003). Seeking to collect on that judgment, they moved to attach, by trustee process action in the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Republic of Austria v. AltmannSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Walters v. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINACourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- Chase Bank USA, N. A. v. McCoySupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
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- Susan Weinstein v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
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