Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 1, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2012-1496PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Ora Cohen, her then-husband Shalom, and their five children were travelling home in Jerusalem when a Hamas operative boarded their bus and detonated a bomb strapped to his chest, killing 23 people and injuring many more, including every member of the Cohen family. The Co-hens, along with several members of Ora’s family in the United States, bring this action against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) and two of its instrumentalities under the state-sponsor-of-terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by56 opinions
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