Legal Opinion
Stethem v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 19, 2002No. Civ.A. 00-0159(TPJ), Civ.A. 00-1309(TPJ)PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
On the morning of Friday, June 14, 1985, TransWorld Airlines (“TWA”) Flight No. 847, a Boeing 727, took off from Athens, Greece, bound for Rome, Italy, with a full complement of 143 passengers and a crew of eight. On board were U.S. citizens Robert Stethem, Kurt Carlson, Stuart Dahl, Jeffery Ingalls, Clinton Suggs, Tony Watson, and Kenneth Bowen. All were U.S. military personnel, enroute back to the United States from various assignments abroad and coincidentally aboard the same plane traveling in civilian dress.
Shortly after takeoff the plane was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Weinstein v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2002
- Jenco v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2001
- Eisenfeld v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
- Sutherland v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2001
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3Cited by91 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- James Owens v. Republic of SudanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- In Re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism LitigationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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