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ISLAMIC REP. OF IRAN v. SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET, INC.

No. 87-7056.

839 F.2d 780 (1988)

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING, a/k/a, IRIB, Appellant, v. SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET, INC. v. N.K. BEHROOZIAN, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., with whom Louis E. Emery, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Skip Short, with whom Jacob Dweck, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellees.

Before MIKVA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior District Judge MYRON L. GORDON.

MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge:

This property dispute arises out of unusual circumstances involving power struggle and property confiscation shortly after the Iranian revolution. Prior to the revolution, an agency of the Shah's government, National Iranian Radio and Television, purchased two violins and two bows from a dealer in New York, Jacques Francais. Jacques Francais eventually...

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