Legal Opinion
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 27, 2014No. 03 C 9370PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Robert W. Gettleman, United States District Judge
In this action, plaintiffs seek to attach and execute on numerous ancient Persian artifacts in the possession of the University of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History (“the Museums”) to satisfy a default judgment entered against the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”).1 Both the Museums and Iran (collectively, “de*1006fendants”) have moved for summary judgment, asserting that the artifacts are not subject to attachment under any of the statutes cited by plaintiffs. For the rea-, sons described below, the…
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