ESTATE OF DOE v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Civil Action No. 08-540 (JDB).

943 F.Supp.2d 180 (2013)

ESTATE OF John DOE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aryeh S. Portnoy , John L. Murino , Laurel Pyke Malson , Stuart H. Newberger , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

Shortly after 1 p.m. on April 18, 1983, an unidentified driver rammed a vehicle laden with more than a ton of explosives into the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Sixty-three people perished and scores of others were injured in the resulting explosion. In the aftermath of the attack, the Embassy moved its operations to a new location, the Embassy...

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