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

Roth v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Decided January 27, 2015. Royce C. Lamberth wrote the opinion for the court.

78 F. Supp. 3d 379 · Cited 133 times

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Valore v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 700 F. Supp. 2d 52
Greenbaum v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 451 F. Supp. 2d 90
Rimkus v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 750 F. Supp. 2d 163
Belkin v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 667 F. Supp. 2d 8
Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 740 F. Supp. 2d 51
Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 281 F. Supp. 2d 258
Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 264 F. Supp. 2d 46
Opati v. Republic of Sudan · 60 F. Supp. 3d 68
Taylor v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 811 F. Supp. 2d 1
Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 999 F. Supp. 1
Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 768 F. Supp. 2d 16
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 659 F. Supp. 2d 20
Fain v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 856 F. Supp. 2d 109
In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Saigon, Etc. · 476 F. Supp. 521
Beer v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 789 F. Supp. 2d 14
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 466 F. Supp. 2d 229
In Re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism Litigation · 659 F. Supp. 2d 31
Salazar v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 370 F. Supp. 2d 105
Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic · 580 F. Supp. 2d 53
Acosta v. the Islamic Republic of Iran · 574 F. Supp. 2d 15
Ben-Rafael v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 540 F. Supp. 2d 39
Worley v. the Islamic Republic of Iran · 75 F. Supp. 3d 311
Valencia v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 774 F. Supp. 2d 1
Haim v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 784 F. Supp. 2d 1

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