Legal Opinion
Rimkus v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 16, 2010No. 08-cv-1615 (RCL)PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case arises out of the horrific June 25, 1996 bombing at Khobar Towers, a military residence at the United States military base in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The explosion, which reduced much of Building 131 of the residential complex to rubble, killed nineteen U.S. Air Force personnel, including Airman First Class Joseph Edward Rimkus, and injured hun dreds of others. In June 2006, plaintiff Joseph J. Rimkus, the father of the deceased Airman Rimkus, filed suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§…
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