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Case of the Day: Kinyua v. Sudan
The case of the day is Kinyua v. Republic of Sudan (D.D.C. 2018). The case arose out of the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Since 2001, victims and their families had been suing Iran and Sudan, state sponsors of the terrorist attacks, under the FSIA’s state-sponsored terrorism exception to……
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Case of the Day: Maalouf v. Iran
The case of the day is Maalouf v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C. 2018). The case arose out of the Beirut embassy bombings in the 1980s. Some plaintiffs brought claims against Iran in the early 2000s, and the courts held that Iran was not immune from suit in light of the terrorism exception to foreign……
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Case of the Day: Rubin v. Iran
The case of the day is Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran (S. Ct. 2018). The case arose out of a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem, carried out by Hamas. The plaintiffs were US citizens who were wounded in the attack or who were relatives of the injured. They sued Iran in the District Court……
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Case of the Day: Weinstein v. Iran
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Case of the Day: Bell Helicopter v. Iran
The case of the day is Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran (D.C. Cir. 2013). Bell operated a helicopter factory in Iran in the 1970s. It abandoned the plant after the Iranian Revolution. In 2002, Bell learned that the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Co., a state-owned firm, was using the plant to……