Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Decided December 3, 2010. Sidney Runyan Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

627 F.3d 1117 · Cited 74 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.

• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480
• Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 264 F. Supp. 2d 46
• Pearson v. Callahan · 555 U.S. 223
• Gomez v. Toledo · 446 U.S. 635
• Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 515 F. Supp. 2d 25
• Compania Espanola De Navegacion Maritima, SA v. the Navemar · 303 U.S. 68
• Hotel 71 Mezz Lender LLC v. Falor · 926 N.E.2d 1202
• Berkey v. Third Avenue Railway Co. · 155 N.E. 58
• Philippine Export & Foreign Loan Guarantee Corp. v. Chuidian · 218 Cal. App. 3d 1058
• Severnoe Securities Corp. v. London & Lancashire Insurance · 174 N.E. 299
• State v. Western Union Financial Services, Inc. · 208 P.3d 218
• Levi Strauss & Co. v. Crockett Motor Sales, Inc. · 739 S.W.2d 157
• Rosson v. Fitzgerald (In Re Rosson) · 545 F.3d 764
• In Re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism Litigation · 659 F. Supp. 2d 31
• Ben-Rafael v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 540 F. Supp. 2d 39
• Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 563 F. Supp. 2d 268
• Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 74 F. Supp. 2d 18
• Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 436 F. Supp. 2d 938

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• Wyatt v. Syrian Arab Republic · 800 F.3d 331
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