Legal Opinion
Acosta v. the Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 26, 2008No. Civil Action 06-745(RCL)PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
This action arises from the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane and the shooting of Irving Franklin and U.S. Postal Police Officer Carlos Acosta on November 5, 1990, in New York. Plaintiffs are Carlos Acosta and his wife, Maria Acosta, Irving Franklin (on his own behalf and as administrator of his wife Irma Franklin’s estate), and the surviving spouse, mother, children, and sibling of Rabbi Meir Kahane. Rabbi Meir Kahane was killed and Irving Franklin and Carlos Acosta were seriously wounded by El Sayyid Nosair. Nosair was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Halberstam v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Roeder v. Islamic Republic of IranCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- United States v. RahmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
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3Cited by115 opinions
- Valore v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Murphy v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Rimkus v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- In Re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism LitigationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Roth v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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