STETHEM v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Nos. Civ.A. 00-0159(TPJ), Civ.A. 00-1309(TPJ).

201 F.Supp.2d 78 (2002)

Richard L. STETHEM, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants. Kurt Carlson, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Gilbert, Gregory E. Barrett, Susan M. Witt, Gilbert Law Office, Rockford, IL, Ralph A. Taylor, Jr., Kathryn L. Clune, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs in No. 00-1309.

Elizabeth Renee Dewey, Shale D. Stiller, Piper Rudnick LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs in No. 00-0159.


DECISION AND ORDER

JACKSON, District Judge.

On the morning of Friday, June 14, 1985, TransWorld Airlines ("TWA") Flight No. 847, a Boeing 727, took off from Athens, Greece, bound for Rome, Italy, with a full complement of 143 passengers and a crew of eight. On board were U.S. citizens Robert Stethem, Kurt Carlson, Stuart Dahl, Jeffery Ingalls, Clinton Suggs, Tony Watson, and Kenneth Bowen. All were U.S. military personnel, enroute back to the United...

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