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RUBIN v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 08-2805.

637 F.3d 783 (2011)

Jenny RUBIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Deborah D. Peterson, et al., Intervenors-Appellees, v. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Defendant-Appellant, and Field Museum of Natural History and University of Chicago, the Oriental Institute, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 29, 2011.

As Corrected April 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Strachman (argued), Attorney, McIntyre, Tate, Lynch & Holt, Providence, RI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr. (argued), Attorney, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

David J. Cook (argued), Attorney, Cook Collection Attorneys, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Susan M. Benton , Attorney, William P. Ferranti (argued), Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, Matthew G. Allison , Attorney, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Intervenors-Appellants.

Sharon Swingle (argued), Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BAUER and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and SIMON, District Judge.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

The Islamic Republic of Iran appeals two orders issued in connection with a long-running effort to collect on a large judgment entered against it for its role in a 1997 terrorist attack. The plaintiffs are American citizens who were injured in a brutal suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Israel, carried out by Hamas with the assistance of Iranian material support and training. The victims obtained a $71 million default judgment against Iran in federal...

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