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JACOBSEN v. OLIVER

No. Civ.A. 01-1810(ESH).

201 F.Supp.2d 93 (2002)

David P. JACOBSEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James J. OLIVER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Lawrence Knight, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

George Alexander Lehner, Charles Henry Carpenter, Pepper, Hamilton L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HUVELLE, District Judge.

Plaintiff David Jacobsen was kidnapped in 1985 in Beirut, Lebanon and held hostage for 532 days by a terrorist group that had been funded, supported, and controlled by the Iranian government. He, like several other hostages, sued in this Court. After entering a default against Iran, the Honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson entered judgment in the amount of $9 million, all of which Jacobsen recovered after Congress...

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