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United States: 2d Cir. Allows Confiscation of Iranian Property to Pay Wrongful Death Judgment

By Editor | Published: June 23, 2010

2010-06-15, New York, United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y. allowing a victim of a Hamas bombing in Israel to attach Iranian bank’s property in satisfaction of a civil judgment. The case arose as a result of the [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged 09-3034-cv, 1605(a)(7), 28 U.S.C., abrogation of immunity, Algiers Accords, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Fallahian-Khuzestani, Amalya L. Kearse, American citizen, Article IV.2, Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Bank Melli Iran, Bank of New York, Bank Saderat Iran, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, civil action against foreign state, David Weinstein, death, Department of State, estate, Fifth Amendment, Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, Forest Hills, Hamas, Hazi & David Weinstein, Hostage Crisis, instrumentality, Ira Weinstein, Ira William Weinstein, Iranian bank, Iranian Ministry Of Information And Security, Islamic Republic Of Iran, Israel, Jed S. Rakoff, Jeffrey A. Miller, Jennifer Weinstein, Jennifer Weinstein Hazi, Jerusalem, Joseph Weinstein, judgment, Laina C. Lopez, Leonard D. Wexler, material support, New York, non-party, personal injury, Peter W. Hall, proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, property, Queens, separate juridical status, separation of powers doctrine, state sponsored terrorism, subject matter jurisdiction, substantial monetary support, suicide bombing, Susan Weinstein, Takings Clause, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, terrorist act, terrorist attacks, third party, Thomas G. Corcoran Jr., tort, Treaty of Amity, TRIA, U.S. Constitution, United States, United States citizen. 201(a), United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, victim, wrongful death | Comments closed

USA: Samantar v. Yousuf: USSC Votes for Accountability

By Editor | Published: June 15, 2010

2010-06-01, Washington D.C., U.S.A. The USSC rendered its judgment in Samantar v. Yousuf - a case filed by the CJA on behalf of victims of violations of human rights against a former Somali Minister of Defense and Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Samantar. The claim was brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 and the Alien Tort Statute. [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged agency or instrumentality, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Alexandria, Alien Tort Statute, Allyson K. Duncan, Amy Howe, Andrea C. Evans, ATS, Bashe Abid Yousuf, Beth Stephens, Center for Justice and Accountability, CJA, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, corporate entity, David J. Strandness, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, head-of-state immunity, Howe & Russell, human rights, immunity, individual officials, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Jones Day, Jr., judgment, Julian H. Spirer and Fred B. Goldberg, Kevin K. Russell, Kyle C. Wong, L. Kathleen Roberts, lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Lauren Kerwin, Leonie M. Brinkema, Lori R. E. Ploeger, Mark J. MacDougall, Maureen P. Alger, Michael A. Carvin, Minister of Defense, Mohamed Ali Samantar, Natasha E. Fain, official capacity, Pamela M. Merchant, Pamela S. Karlan, Patricia A. Millett, Patricia Millet, Paul V. Lettow, political body, Prime Minister, Robert B. King, Robert R. Vieth, Rule 12(b)(1), Samantar v. Yousuf, SCOTUS, Shay Dvoretzky, Somalia, Spirer & Goldberg, Standlord Law School, state sovereign immunity, Steven Schulman, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Thomas C. Goldstein, torture, Torture Victim Protection Act, Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, TVPA, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Supreme Court, USSC, William B. Traxler | Comments closed

US: SCOTUS Hears Immunity Arguments in the Torture Case against an Ex-Somali PM

By Editor | Published: March 5, 2010

2010-03-05, Washington, D.C., USA. SCOTUS heard oral arguments in Samantar v. Yousuf et al., a civil case brought by 5 plaintiffs against Mohamed Ali Samantar, a former Prime Minister of Somalia, now a resident of Virginia, United States. The case was initiated by the Center for Justice and Accountability.The defendant’s reliance on the Foreign Sovereign [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Bashe Abid Yousuf, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Jones Day, Mohamed Ali Samantar, Patricia Millet, Samantar v. Yousuf, Shay Dvoretzky, Somalia, torture, Torture Victim Protection Act, USSC | Comments closed

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