BENNETT v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Nos. 13-15442, 13-16100.

817 F.3d 1131 (2016)

Michael BENNETT; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant, v. Visa Inc.; Franklin Resources, Inc., Defendants-third-party-plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greenberg and Acosta Judgement Creditors, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellee, Heiser Judgment Creditors, Plaintiff-fourth-party-defendant-Appellee, v. Bank Melli, Plaintiff-third-party-defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Lamken , Robert K. Kry (argued) and Lucas M. Walker , MoloLamken LLP, Washington D.C., for Appellant.

Curtis C. Mechling (argued), Benjamin Weathers-Lowin , and Patrick N. Petrocelli , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY; Dale K. Cathell and Richard M. Kremen , DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD; Jane Carol Norman and Thomas Fortune Fay , Bond & Norman, Washington, D.C., for Judgment Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Benjamin T. Peele, III (argued), Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce H. Jackson , Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellees Visa, Inc. and Franklin Resources, Inc.

Opinion by Judge GRABER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BENSON.


ORDER

The opinion filed August 26, 2015, and reported at 799 F.3d 1281, is withdrawn. Because the court's opinion is withdrawn, Appellant Bank Melli's petition for panel rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc is moot. A superseding opinion will be filed concurrently with this...

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