RUBIN v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. CIV.A.06 11053 GAO.

456 F.Supp.2d 228 (2006)

Jenny RUBIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Judgment Creditors v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants-Judgment Debtors, v. Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University, et al., Trustee Process Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Strachman, McIntyre, Tate, Lynch & Holt, Providence, RI, Richard J. Grahn, Edward V. Colbert, III, Georgia J. Asimakopoulos, Looney & Grossman LLP, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs-Judgment Creditors.

Mark C. Fleming, Timothy R. Shannon, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., Courtney Amber Clark, Sherin & Lodgen LLP, Boston, MA, Paul R.Q. Wolfson, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, Jason M. Knott, Joshua A. Doan, William D. Iverson, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Trustee Process Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'TOOLE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The plaintiffs herein are the survivors of a terrorist attack orchestrated by Hamas. In an attempt to recover damages for the harm they suffered, they sued various defendants, including the Islamic Republic of Iran ("Iran") in a sister District Court. The complaint alleged that Iran was liable for the attack because it had provided material support to Hamas. Iran did...

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