PETERSON v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 13-cv-9195 (KBF).

DEBORAH D. PETERSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; BANK MARKAZI a/k/a CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN; BANCA UBAE SpA; CLEARSTREAM BANKING, S.A.; and JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah D. Peterson, Plaintiff, represented by James Patrick Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Mark Nathan Antar , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman BroudyLLP, Patrick Louis Rocco , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP & Susan M. Davies , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP.

Bank Markazi, Defendant, represented by Bension Daniel De Funis , Jaffe & Asher LLP, Donald F. Luke , Jaffe & Asher LLP & Eli Joshua Kirschner , Jaffe & Asher LLP.

Banca UBAE SpA, Defendant, represented by John J. Zefutie, JR. , Thompson Hine LLP & Ugo Alfredo Colella , Thompson Hine LLP.

Clearstream Banking, S.A., Defendant, represented by Gerald Michael Moody , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., Jennifer Gillian Newstead , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., Jonathan David Martin , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., Karen E Wagner , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P. & Benjamin S. Kaminetzky , Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P..

JP Morgan Chase, NA, Garnishee, represented by Gregory Phillip Feit , Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP & Steven B. Feigenbaum , Levi Lubarsky & Feigenbaum LLP.


OPINION & ORDER

KATHERINE B. FORREST, District Judge.

On December 30, 2013, plaintiffs—judgment-creditors of the Islamic Republic of Iran ("Iran") and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security ("MOIS")—commenced the instant action against Iran, Bank Markazi a/k/a Central Bank of Iran ("Bank Markazi" or "Markazi"), Banca UBAE S.p.A. ("UBAE"), Clearstream Banking, S.A. ("Clearstream"), and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPM"). (ECF No...

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