Legal Opinion
Estate of Heiser v. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 29, 2013No. 11 Civ. 1601 (PKC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
P. KEVIN CASTEL, District Judge:
The petitioners are family members and the estates of seventeen U.S. Air Force servicemembers killed in the 1996 terrorist attacks on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. They seek to enforce a judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, and the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, all of which were found by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Hon. Royce C. Lam-berth, U.S.D.J.) (the “District of Columbia Court”) to have provided support for the terrorist attacks.
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