PEOPLE'S MOJAHEDIN ORG., IRAN v. U.S. DEPT., STATE

No. 09-1059.

613 F.3d 220 (2010)

PEOPLE'S MOJAHEDIN ORGANIZATION OF IRAN, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE and Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her Capacity as Secretary of State, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey argued the cause for the petitioner. Miriam R. Nemetz, Melanie W. Rughani, Steven M. Schneebaum, E. Barrett Prettyman Jr. and Joshua D. Hawley were on brief. Ronald G. Precup entered an appearance.

Paul B. Stephan III was on brief for amici curiae the Honorable Alejo Vidal-Quadras et al. in support of the petitioner.

James C. Martin and W. Thomas McGough Jr. were on brief for amici curiae Colonel Gary L. Morsch, M.D. et al. in support of the petitioner.

Lawrence S. Robbins and Alan E. Untereiner were on brief for amici curiae Iranian-American Society of Texas et al. in support of the petitioner.

Viet D. Dinh and Nathan A. Sales were on brief for amici curiae Members of Congress in support of the petitioner.

Douglas Letter, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the respondents. Ileana M. Ciobanu, Attorney, was on brief.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.


PER CURIAM:

This case is the fifth in a series of related actions challenging the United States Secretary of State's designation of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) and its aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The MEK, also called the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI),1 has challenged its FTO status before this court three times. See People's Mojahedin Org. of Iran v. U.S. Dep't of State, ...

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