Legal Opinion
Shlomo Leibovitch v. Islamic Republic of
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 2012No. 11-1564PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
The Leibovitch family was attacked by terrorists while driving along a highway in Israel. One child, an Israeli national, died in the attack while a second child, a United States citizen, was seriously injured. The family brought suit in federal district court against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security under the terrorism exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, for providing material support and resources to the organization that carried out the attacks. The district court adjudicated the…
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