Legal Opinion
Cicippio v. Islamic Republic of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 27, 1998No. Civil Action 96-1805(TPJ)PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
Three male U.S. citizens, joined by the spouses of two of them, bring this action for damages for tortious injuries done to them in the course of their kidnapping, imprisonment and torture by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”) between the years 1985 and 1991 in Beirut, Lebanon. Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1330(a) and 1605(a)(7).
Iran was served with process on April 28, 1997 (see infra, n. 4), but did not respond to the complaint, and default was entered November 13, 1997. The case was therefore tried ex parte to this…
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- Shirley P. Langevine v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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