Legal Opinion
Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 15, 1999No. 97-396 (RCL)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
The United States moves to quash the writ of attachment 'entered by the Clerk of this Court on November 18, 1998, which purports to attach “all credits held by the United States to the benefit of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” including U.S. Treasury funds owed to Iran in accordance with an award of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Seeking these funds to satisfy part of his prior judgment against Iran, Plaintiff Stephen Flatow maintains that certain amendments to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act waive the United States’ sovereign immunity…
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