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HEGNA v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 03-2159.

376 F.3d 226 (2004)

Craig HEGNA; Steven Hegna; Lynn Hegna; Paul Hegna; Edwena Hegna, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; The Iranian Ministry Of Information And Security, Defendants-Appellees, and United States Of America, Movant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ralph P. Dupont, Dupont & Radlauer, Stamford, Connecticut, for Appellants.

Lewis Stanley Yelin, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Robert B. Kershaw, Ward, Kershaw & Minton, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland; Barbara J. Radlauer, Dupont & Radlauer, Stamford, Connecticut, for Appellants.

Barbara C. Hammerle, Chief, Foreign Assets Control, Office of the General, United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.; Mark A. Clodfelter, Lisa J. Grosh, Attorney-Advisers, Office of the Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter, H. Thomas Byron, III, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and Bobby R. BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Senior Judge BALDOCK joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, the Hegna family, are judgment-creditors of the Islamic Republic of Iran ("Iran"). Invoking section 201(a) of the newly-enacted Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 ("TRIA"), Pub.L. No. 107-297, § 201(a), 116 Stat. 2,322, 2,337 (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1610 note), the Hegnas attempted...

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