Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 6, 2001No. Civ.A. 00-1799(TPJ)PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
Shortly before noon on Thursday, September 20, 1984, U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Michael Wagner died a violent death at his duty station at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The manner of his death was homicide. The cause of death was massive trauma sustained in the explosion of a car bomb driven onto the embassy compound at high speed and detonated at the base of the building by a suicide bomber acting in the service of Hizballah (also on occasion known as “Islamic Jihad”), a terrorist organization operating primarily in Lebanon at that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Elahi v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
- District of Columbia v. ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- 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 by53 opinions
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