U.S. District Court / D.D.C.

Hekmati v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Decided September 29, 2017. Ellen Segal Huvelle wrote the opinion for the court.

278 F. Supp. 3d 145 · Cited 61 times

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Moradi v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 77 F. Supp. 3d 57
Stansell v. Republic of Cuba · 217 F. Supp. 3d 320
Anderson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 90 F. Supp. 2d 107
Roth v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 78 F. Supp. 3d 379
Sutherland v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 151 F. Supp. 2d 27
Kilburn v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 699 F. Supp. 2d 136
Price v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · 384 F. Supp. 2d 120
Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab Republic · 167 F. Supp. 3d 22
Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 740 F. Supp. 2d 51
Belkin v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 667 F. Supp. 2d 8
Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic · 580 F. Supp. 2d 53
Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq · 146 F. Supp. 2d 19
Cohen v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 238 F. Supp. 3d 71
Opati v. Republic of Sudan · 60 F. Supp. 3d 68
Nikbin v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 517 F. Supp. 2d 416
Regier v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 281 F. Supp. 2d 87
Price v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya · 274 F. Supp. 2d 20

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