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PETERSON v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 08-17756.

627 F.3d 1117 (2010)

Deborah D. PETERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant, v. World Bank, Movant, v. CMA CGM, Third-party-defendant-Appellee, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation; A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; Mediterranean Shipping Company, Third-party-defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Cook , Robert J. Perkiss , and Nathaniel L. Dunn , San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Peter Buscemi and Matthew S. Weiler , San Francisco, CA, for appellee CMA CGM.

Joan E. Donoghue , Acting Legal Adviser, and Ron B. Katwan , Attorney Advisor, Department of State, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter , and Sharon Swingle , Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.

Opinion by Judge B. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge N.R. SMITH.

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs obtained a default judgment against Iran for $2,656,944,877. When it became clear that Iran was not going to comply with the judgment, plaintiffs moved the district court to order Iran to assign to the plaintiffs, as judgment creditors, Iran's rights to payment from CMA CGM. CMA CGM is a French shipping company that allegedly frequents Iranian ports and pays Iran for use of its harbors and for providing its...

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