PETERSON v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 13-2952-CV.

758 F.3d 185 (2014)

Deborah D. PETERSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Bonner , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Liviu Vogel , Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman & Broudy LLP, New York, N.Y.; Patrick L. Rocco , Susan M. Davies , Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York, N.Y., Curtis C. Mechling , James L. Bernard , Benjamin Weathers-Lowin , Monica Hanna , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, N.Y.; Richard M. Kremen , Dale K. Cathell , Timothy H. Birnbaum , DLA Piper US LLP, Baltimore, MD; Suzelle M. Smith , Dan Howarth , Howarth & Smith (LA), Los Angeles, CA; Keith Martin Fleischman , Fleischman Law Finn, New York, N.Y.; John W. Karr , Karr & Allison, P.C., Washington, DC; Noel J. Nudelman , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., Washington, DC; Robert J. Tolchin , The Berkman Law Office, LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees and Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

Andreas A. Frischknecht ( David M. Lindsey , on the brief), Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: WINTER, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

To satisfy terrorism-related judgments against Iran, the district court (Forrest, J.) awarded turnover of $1.75 billion in assets under both the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 ("TRIA") and a statute enacted specifically to address the assets at issue in this case, 22 U.S.C. § 8772. Although Iran argues that the TRIA ownership requirements have not been satisfied, we need...

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