Legal Opinion
Dammarell v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 14, 2005No. CIV.A.01-2224 JDBPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION (REVISED FINDINGS & CONCLUSIONS)
BATES, District Judge.
This case has been in the vanguard of mass-tort lawsuits brought by victims of terrorism against foreign states, as permitted by a 1996 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) that revoked jurisdictional protection for terrorist-sponsoring governments. During the more than four years that have passed since the eighty-three plaintiffs in this action first filed suit against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) and its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (“MOIS”) for their involvement in the 1983…
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