Legal Opinion
Valore v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2010No. 03-cv-1959 (RCL), 06-cv-516 (RCL), 06-cv-750 (RCL), 08-cv-1273 (RCL)PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction.
This memorandum opinion accompanies the final judgments in the recently consolidated cases of Valore v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 03-cv-1959, Arnold v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 06-cv-516, Spencer v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 06-cv-750, and Bonk v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 08-cv-1273. These cases all arise out of the October 23, 1983, bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut Lebanon (“the Beirut bombing”), where a suicide bomber murdered 241 American military servicemen in the most deadly…
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