Legal Opinion
Jacobsen v. Oliver
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 29, 2002No. Civ.A. 01-1810(ESH)PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HUVELLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff David Jacobsen was kidnapped in 1985 in Beirut, Lebanon and held hostage for 532 days by a terrorist group that had been funded, supported, and controlled by the Iranian government. He, like several other hostages, sued in this Court. After entering a default against Iran, the Honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson entered judgment in the amount of $9 million, all of which Jacobsen recovered after Congress passed legislation in 2000 that permitted hostage victims, who had secured judgments prior to July 20, 2000, to recover compensatory damages…
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