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PETERSON v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Civil Action Nos. 01-2094 (RCL), 01-2684(RCL).

515 F.Supp.2d 25 (2007)

Deborah D. PETERSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of James C. Knipple (Dec.), et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Fortune Fay, Steven R. Perles, Perles Law Firm, P.C., Tuna Mecit, Law Offices of Fay & Perles, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Allen Louis Rothenberg, Philadelphia, PA, Anthony J. Laspada, Tampa, FL, Ferris Ridgely Bond, Jane Carol Norman, Bond & Norman, PLLC, Kay Maureen Clarke, Washington, DC, Joseph Peter Drennan, Alexandria, VA, Robert Peter Feeney, Gaithersburg, MD, for Plaintiffs/Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

These actions arise from the October 23, 1983, bombing of a United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in which 241 American servicemen operating under peacetime rules of engagement were murdered by a suicide bomber. This attack was regarded as the most deadly state-sponsored terrorist attack made against American...

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