Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Decided December 22, 2006. Royce C. Lamberth wrote the opinion for the court.

466 F. Supp. 2d 229 · Cited 201 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Blais v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 459 F. Supp. 2d 40
• Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 999 F. Supp. 1
• Salazar v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 370 F. Supp. 2d 105
• Prevatt v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 421 F. Supp. 2d 152
• Haim v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 425 F. Supp. 2d 56
• Howell v. New York Post Co. · 81 N.Y.2d 115
• Christensen v. Superior Court · 820 P.2d 181
• Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarson · 467 So. 2d 277
• Rusheen v. Cohen · 128 P.3d 713
• Stanback v. Stanback · 254 S.E.2d 611
• Dickens v. Puryear · 276 S.E.2d 325
• Davidson v. City of Westminster · 649 P.2d 894
• Stern v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 271 F. Supp. 2d 286
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wood · 145 Tex. 534
• Greenbaum v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 451 F. Supp. 2d 90
• Estate of Sears Ex Rel. Sears v. Griffin · 771 N.E.2d 1136
• K.A.S. v. R.E.T. · 914 So. 2d 1056
• White v. Monsanto Co. · 585 So. 2d 1205
• Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 281 F. Supp. 2d 258
• Weinstein v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 184 F. Supp. 2d 13
• Williams v. City of Minneola · 575 So. 2d 683
• Rabideau v. City of Racine · 2001 WI 57
• Canavin v. Pacific Southwest Airlines · 148 Cal. App. 3d 512
• Anderson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 90 F. Supp. 2d 107
• Dotson v. McLaughlin · 531 P.2d 1

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