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BELK v. U.S.

No. 87-1631.

858 F.2d 706 (1988)

William BELK, William A. Gallegos, Duane Gillette, Alan Golacinski, Leland Holland, Charles Jones, Jr., Malcolm Kalp, John D. McKeel, Paul Needham, David Roeder, Susan Roeder, William B. Royer, Jr., Charles Wesley Scott, Elizabeth Scott, and Donald A. Sharer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Davis, Law Offices of James H. Davis, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

Terrance S. Hartman, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., and David M. Cohen, Director. Also on the brief was Lisa Grosh, Dept. of State, of counsel.

Before FRIEDMAN and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Claims Court granting summary judgment dismissing a complaint by former hostages held in the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran. The appellants seek just compensation for the alleged taking by the United States of their property right to sue Iran for injuries sustained while held hostage — a right the United States extinguished in connection with obtaining the release of the...

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