Legal Opinion
Beaty v. Republic of Iraq
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 20, 2007No. Civil Action 03-0215(JDB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BATES, District Judge.
United States citizens Kevin Beaty and William Barloon were detained and allegedly held as hostages by the former Iraqi regime in the 1990s. Along with other former detainees and their spouses, Beaty and Barloon filed suit against Iraq in 1996, eventually obtaining a default judgment against it. See Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq, 146 F.Supp.2d 19 (D.D.C.2001) (“Daliberti II”); Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq, 97 F.Supp.2d 38 (D.D.C.2000) (“Daliberti I”). The plaintiffs in this case — Jordan Beaty, Austin Makenzie Beaty, William R. Barloon, Bryan C.…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Belkin v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
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