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BANK MELLI IRAN v. PAHLAVI

No. 94-55292.

58 F.3d 1406 (1995)

BANK MELLI IRAN; Bank Mellat, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Shams PAHLAVI, aka H.I.H. Princess Shams Pahlavi, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Atkinson, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Cerritos, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ralph Zarefsky, Baker & Hostetler, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Bank Melli Iran and Bank Mellat (the Banks) filed this action for the purpose of enforcing certain judgments, which they had obtained against Shams Pahlavi in the tribunals of Iran. She is a resident of California and is the sister of the former Shah of Iran. The district court determined that at the times that the judgments were obtained Pahlavi could not have obtained due process of law in the courts of Iran. It, therefore, granted summary...

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