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Estate of Botvin v. Islamic Republic of Iran

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided July 3, 2012No. 05-cv-220 (RCL)PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ fifth motion for default judgment. Pis.’ Mot., Sept. 15, 2011, ECF No. 30.1 Plaintiffs have brought suit against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”), the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security (“MOIS”), the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (“IRG”), Ayatollah Syyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Ali Fallahian-Khuzenstani, Hamas, and John Does 1-99 under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq. Through this action, plaintiffs…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. United States v. Marvin P. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  3. Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
  4. Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  5. Hill v. Republic of IraqCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Roth v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
  2. Wyatt v. Syrian Arab RepublicCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
  3. Akins v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  4. Estate of Hirshfeld v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  5. Goldberg-Botvin v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013

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