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