Legal Opinion
Estate of John Doe v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 16, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2008-0540PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Twenty-eight years ago, on April 18, 1983, Shi’ite Muslim militants attacked the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing sixty-three people and injuring scores of others in an unprecedented assault on a U.S. diplomatic compound. On September 20, 1984, another attack targeted the new location of Embassy operations (“Embassy Annex”) in another area of Beirut, killing at least eleven people and injuring over fifty individuals. These tragic facts have been recounted in several mass-tort lawsuits brought by the victims of this terrorism…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Roeder v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by67 opinions
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- Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab RepublicDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- Worley v. the Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Rita Bathiard v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019
- Owens v. Republic of SudanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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