Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge B. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge N.R. SMITH.
OPINION
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs obtained a default judgment against Iran for $2,656,944,877. When it became clear that Iran was not going to comply with the judgment, plaintiffs moved the district court to order Iran to assign to the plaintiffs, as judgment creditors, Iran’s rights to payment from CMA CGM. CMA CGM is a French shipping company that allegedly frequents Iranian ports and pays Iran for use of its harbors and for providing its ships with bunkering oil. The district court raised the issue of foreign sovereign…
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