List of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Cases in the United States

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The following are a list of legal cases relatad with the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

• Alejandre v. Telefonica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico, Inc., 183 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 1999)
• All Am. Trading Corp. v. Cuartel General Fuerza Aerea Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua, 818 F. Supp. 1552 (S.D. Fla. 1993)
• Alperin v. Vatican Bank, 360 F. App’x 847 (9th Cir. 2009)
• Anderson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 753 F. Supp. 2d 68 (D.D.C. 2010)
• Anglo-Iberia Underwriting Mgmt. Co. v. P.T. Jamosostek (Persero), 600 F.3d 171 (2d Cir. 2010)
• Aquamar S.A. v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., 179 F.3d 1279 (11th Cir. 1999)
• Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., 488 U.S. 428 (1989)
  Arriba Ltd. v. Petroleos Mexicanos, 962 F.2d 528 (5th Cir. 1992), 21
  Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), 21
  Atl. Tele-Network Inc. v. Inter-Am. Dev. Bank, 251 F. Supp. 2d 126
  (D.D.C. 2003), 52
  Aurelius Capital Partners, LP v. Republic of Argentina, 584 F.3d 120 (2d
  Cir. 2009), 75
  Autotech Technologies v. Integral Research & Dev., 499 F.3d 737 (7th
  Cir. 2007), 73
  Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), 11, 110
  Baker v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahirya, 775 F. Supp. 2d 48
  (D.D.C. 2011), 90, 92, 103
  Banco de Seguros del Estado v. Mutual Marine Office, Inc., 344 F.3d 255
  (2d Cir. 2003), 69
  Barkanic v. Gen. Admin. of Civil Aviation of the People’s Republic of
  China, 923 F.2d 957 (2d Cir. 1991), 19
  Beer v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 789 F. Supp. 2d 14 (D.D.C. 2011), 106,
  110
  Beer v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 08-cv-1807 (RCL), 2010 WL
  5105174, at *11–12 (D.D.C. Dec. 9, 2010), 90, 100, 103
  Beg v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 353 F.3d 1323 (11th Cir. 2003), 57
  Belhas v. Ya’alon, 515 F.3d 1279 (D.C. Cir. 2008), 38, 43

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 892 F. Supp. 2d
219 (D.D.C. 2012), 2, 52
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 12-7103,
2013 WL 5853916, at *5–10 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 1, 2013), 54
Bennett v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 618 F.3d 19 (D.C. Cir. 2010), 117
Bennett v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 927 F. Supp. 2d 833 (N.D. Cal. 2013),
120
Bennett v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. CV 11-80065 MISC CRB (NJV),
2011 WL 3157089, at *6 (N.D. Cal. July 26, 2011), 120
Ben-Rafael v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 540 F. Supp. 2d 39 (D.D.C. 2008),
15
Best Med. Belgium, Inc. v. Kingdom of Belgium, 913 F. Supp. 2d 230
(E.D. Va. 2012), 48, 56
Bettis v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 315 F.3d 325 (D.C. Cir. 2003), 92, 97,
103
Big Sky Network Canada, Ltd. v. Sichuan Provincial Gov’t, 533 F.3d 1183
(10th Cir. 2008), 53
Blue Ridge Invs., LLC v. Republic of Argentina, 902 F. Supp. 2d 367
(S.D.N.Y. 2012), aff’d, 735 F.3d 72 (2d Cir. 2013), 62
Broadbent v. Org. of Am. States, 628 F.2d 27 (D.C. Cir. 1980), 9
Butters v. Vance Int’l, Inc., 225 F.3d 462 (4th Cir. 2000), 48
Cabiri v. Gov’t of the Republic of Ghana, 165 F.3d 193 (2d Cir. 1999), 60
Calderon-Cardona v. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 723 F.
Supp. 2d 441 (D.P.R. 2010), 104
Calderon-Cardona v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, 867 F. Supp. 2d 389
(S.D.N.Y. 2011), 114, 115, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124
California Dep’t of Water Resources v. Powerex Corp., 533 F.3d 1087
(9th Cir. 2008), 36
California v. NRG Energy, Inc., 391 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2004), 35
Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 281 F. Supp. 2d 258 (D.D.C.
2003), 97
Can-Am Int’l, LLC v. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 169 F. App’x 396
(5th Cir. 2006), 53
Capital Ventures Int’l v. Republic of Argentina, 552 F.3d 289 (2d Cir.
2009), 42

Carpenter v. Republic of Chile, 610 F.3d 776 (2d Cir. 2010), 42
Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain, 580 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2009), 58
Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain, 616 F.3d 1019 (9th Cir. 2010), cert. denied,
131 S. Ct. 3057 (2011), 2, 25
Chuidian v. Philippine Nat’l Bank, 912 F.2d 1095 (9th Cir. 1990), 38, 88
Chuidian v. Philippine Nat’l Bank, 976 F.2d 561 (9th Cir. 1992), 19
Cicippio v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 30 F.3d 164 (D.C. Cir. 1994), 49
Cicippio-Puleo v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 353 F.3d 1024 (D.C. Cir.
2004), 85, 86
Community Fin. Group, Inc. v. Republic of Kenya, 663 F.3d 977 (8th Cir.
2011), 49
Compagnie Noga D’Importation et D’Exportation, S.A. v. Russian Fed’n,
361 F.3d 676 (2d Cir. 2004), 29, 35
Conn. Bank of Commerce v. Republic of Congo, 309 F.3d 240 (5th Cir.
2002), 74
Creighton Ltd. v. Qatar, 181 F.3d 118 (D.C. Cir. 1999), 62
Cruise Connections Charter 1, LP v. Attorney Gen. of Canada, 600 F.3d
661 (D.C. Cir. 2010), 53
Crum v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, No. Civ.A.05-275, 2005 WL 3752271,
at *3–4 (E.D. Va. July 13, 2005), 48
Daliberti v. Republic of Iraq, 97 F. Supp. 2d 38 (D.D.C. 2000), 104
Daventree Ltd. v. Republic of Azerbaijan, 349 F. Supp. 2d 736 (S.D.N.Y.
2004), 57
Davis v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 882 F. Supp. 2d 7 (D.D.C. 2012), 102
De Csepel v. Republic of Hungary, 714 F.3d 591 (D.C. Cir. 2013), 8
De Csepel v. Republic of Hungary, 808 F. Supp. 2d 113 (D.D.C. 2011),
aff’d in part, 714 F.3d 591 (D.C. Cir. 2013), 21, 57
de Sanchez v. Banco Cent. De Nicaragua, 770 F.2d 1385 (5th Cir. 1985),
57, 88
Doe v. Bin Laden, 580 F. Supp. 2d 93 (D.D.C. 2008), 21
Doe v. Bin Laden, 663 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 2011), 88
Doe v. Holy See, 434 F. Supp. 2d 925 (D. Or. 2006), aff’d in part, rev’d in
part, 557 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. denied sub nom. Holy See v.
Doe, 130 S. Ct. 3497 (mem.) (2010), 60–61
Doe I v. State of Israel, 400 F. Supp. 2d 86 (D.D.C. 2005), 43, 61

DRFP L.L.C. v. Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, 622 F.3d 513 (6th
Cir. 2010), 53
EIE Guam Corp. v. Long Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd., 322 F.3d 635
(9th Cir. 2003), 30, 35
Elahi v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 124 F. Supp. 2d 97 (D.D.C. 2000), 97
Elbasir v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 468 F. Supp. 2d 155 (D.D.C. 2007),
49
El-Hadad v. United Arab Emirates, 216 F.3d 29 (D.C. Cir. 2000), 48
Ellenbogen v. Canadian Embassy, No. Civ.A.05-01553JDB, 2005 WL
3211428, at *2–3 (D.D.C. Nov. 9, 2005), 15
Elliott Assoc. L.P. v. Banco de la Nacion, 948 F. Supp. 1203 (S.D.N.Y.
1996), 71
EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 695 F.3d 201 (2d Cir. 2012), 72
EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 473 F.3d 463 (2d Cir. 2007), 74, 75, 78
Embassy of Fed. Republic of Nigeria v. Ugwuonye, 901 F. Supp. 2d 136
(D.D.C. 2012), 46
Enahoro v. Abubakar, 408 F.3d 877 (7th Cir. 2005), 38
Estate of Brown v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 872 F. Supp. 2d 37 (D.D.C.
2012), 106
Estate of Doe v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 808 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C.
2011), 93, 97, 100, 107, 125
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 466 F. Supp. 2d 229 (D.D.C.
2006) (“Heiser I”), 86
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 659 F. Supp. 2d 20 (D.D.C.
2009) (“Heiser II”), 103
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 807 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C.
2011) (“Heiser III”), 117
Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 885 F. Supp. 2d 429 (D.D.C.
2012) (“Heiser IV”), aff’d, Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 735 F.3d
934 (D.C. Cir. 2013), 119, 124, 125
Estate of Parsons v. Palestinian Auth., 651 F.3d 118 (D.C. Cir. 2011), 82
European Cmty. v. RJR Nabisco, Inc., 814 F. Supp. 2d 189 (E.D.N.Y.
2011), 10
Exp.-Imp. Bank of U.S. v. Asia Pulp & Paper Co., 609 F.3d 111 (2d Cir.
2010), 122

Fagot Rodriquez v. Republic of Costa Rica, 297 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2002), 60
Fain v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 885 F. Supp. 2d 78 (D.D.C. 2012), 105
Fain v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 856 F. Supp. 2d 109 (D.D.C. 2012), 90
FG Hemisphere Assocs., LL.C. v. Democratic Republic of Congo, 637
F.3d 373 (D.C. Cir. 2011), 73
FG Hemisphere Assocs., L.L.C. v. République du Congo, 455 F.3d 575
(5th Cir. 2006), 69, 74
Figueirdo Ferraz e Engenharia de Projecto Ltda. v. Republic of Peru, 665
F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011), 11, 63
Filler v. Hanvit Bank, 378 F.3d 213 (2d Cir. 2004), 25, 35, 36
Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, LP v. Anglo Irish Bank Ltd.,
No. 11 Civ. 0955 (PGG), 2011 WL 6187077, at *14 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 28,
2011), 33, 42, 51
First City, Texas Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 197 F.R.D. 250
(S.D.N.Y. 2000), 70
First City, Texas-Houston, N.A. v. Rafidain Bank, 281 F.3d 48 (2d Cir.
2002), 73
First Merchants Collection Corp. v. Republic of Argentina, 190 F. Supp.
2d 1336 (S.D. Fla. 2002), 49
First Nat’l City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior de Cuba, 462
U.S. 611 (1983), 18, 31, 70, 118, 120
Fisher v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 541 F. Supp. 2d
46 (D.D.C. 2008), 94
Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 308 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2002), 69
Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 999 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1998), 84, 105
Ford Motor Co. v. Russian Fed’n, No. 09 Civ. 1646 (JGK), 2010 WL
2010867, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. May 10, 2010), 46
Foremost-McKesson, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 905 F.2d 438 (D.C.
Cir. 1990), 31, 54
Frolova v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 761 F.2d 370 (7th Cir.
1985), 61
Frontera Res. Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic,
582 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2009), 16
Gabay v. Mostazafan Found. of Iran, 151 F.R.D. 250 (S.D.N.Y. 1993), 21
Garb v. Republic of Poland, 440 F.3d 579 (2d Cir. 2006), 37, 49

Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic, 580 F. Supp. 2d 53 (D.D.C. 2008), 88
Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic, 646 F. Supp. 2d 79 (D.D.C. 2009), 109
Gill v. Arab Bank, PLC, 893 F. Supp. 2d 474 (E.D.N.Y. 2012), 103
Giraldo v. Drummond Co., 808 F. Supp. 2d 247 (D.D.C. 2011), 9
Globe Nuclear Servs. & Supply GNSS, Ltd. v. AO Techsnabexport, 376
F.3d 282 (4th Cir. 2004), 46
Gomes v. ANGOP, Angola Press Agency, No. 11-CV-0580 (DLI) (JO),
2012 WL 3637453, at *11 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 22, 2012), 9, 29
Gould, Inc. v. Pechniney Ugine Kulhmann, 853 F.2d 445 (6th Cir. 1988),
25
Gray v. Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of the Congo, 443 F.
Supp. 816 (S.D.N.Y.), aff’d, 580 F.2d 1044 (2d Cir. 1978), 29
Guevara v. Republic of Peru, 608 F.3d 1297 (11th Cir. 2010), 46
Guirlando v. T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S., 602 F.3d 69 (2d Cir. 2010), cert.
denied, 131 S. Ct. 1475 (2011), 52
Habyarimana v. Kagame, 821 F. Supp. 2d 1244 (W.D. Okla. 2011), 9
Haim v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 784 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2011), 90,
97, 100
Hansen v. PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero), TBK, 601 F.3d 1059
(10th Cir. 2010), 25
Harrison v. Republic of Sudan, 882 F. Supp. 2d 23 (D.D.C. 2012), 90,
102, 105, 109
Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
Civ. No. 98-3096 (TFH), 2007 WL 1876392, at *2 (D.D.C. June 28,
2007), 94
Hausler v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 740 F. Supp. 2d 525 (S.D.N.Y.
2010), 116, 122
Hausler v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 845 F. Supp. 2d 553 (S.D.N.Y.
2012) (“Hausler II”), appeal docketed, Nos. 12-1264 (Mar. 20, 2012) &
12-1272 (Apr. 5, 2012) (2d Cir.), 123
Haven v. Polska, 215 F.3d 727 (7th Cir. 2000), 43
Hegna v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 376 F.3d 485 (5th Cir. 2004), 79
Hegna v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 380 F.3d 1000 (7th Cir. 2004), 77
Hijazi v. Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to United Nations, 689 F.
Supp. 2d 669 (S.D.N.Y. 2010), 48

Hilaturas Miel, S.L. v. Republic of Iraq, 573 F. Supp. 2d 781 (S.D.N.Y.
2008), 16, 45
Hill v. Republic of Iraq, 328 F.3d 680 (D.C. Cir. 2003), 24
Howland v. Hertz Corp., 431 F. Supp. 2d 1238 (M.D. Fla. 2006), 29
Human Rights in China v. Bank of China, No. 02 Civ. 4361 (NRB), 2003
WL 22170648, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2003), 50
I.T. Consultants, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 351 F.3d 1184
(D.C. Cir. 2003), 16
Idas Resources N.V. v. Empresa Nacional de Diamantes de Angola E.P.,
No. 06-00570 (ESH), 2006 WL 3060017, at *6–7 (D.D.C. Oct. 26,
2006), 53, 55
In re Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorism Litig., 659 F. Supp. 2d 31
(D.D.C. 2009), 63, 82, 86, 107, 108, 110, 125
In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, 538 F.3d 71 (2d Cir. 2008), 20,
87
In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2011, Nos. 03 Civ. 9848 (GBD) (FM),
03 MDL 1570 (GBD) (FM), 2012 WL 3090979, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. July 30,
2012), 106
Intelsat Global Sales & Mktg., Ltd. v. Cmty. of Yugoslav Posts, 534 F.
Supp. 2d 32 (D.D.C. 2008), 21
Int’l Ins. Co. v. Caja Nacional de Ahorro Y Seguro, 293 F.3d 392 (7th Cir.
2002), 69
Jenco v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 154 F. Supp. 2d 27 (D.D.C. 2001), 97
Jerez v. Republic of Cuba, ___ F. Supp. 2d ___, No. 09-466 (RWR), 2013
WL 4578999, at *2–3 (D.D.C. Aug. 29, 2013), 61
Jerez v. Republic of Cuba, 777 F. Supp. 2d 6 (D.D.C. 2011), 24, 29, 115,
116
Joo v. Japan, 332 F.3d 679 (D.C. Cir. 2004), 43
Joo v. Japan, 542 U.S. 901 (2004), 43
Joseph v. Office of Consulate Gen. of Nigeria, 830 F.2d 1018 (9th Cir.
1987), 45
Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Co. v. Provincial Military Gov’t of Socialist
Ethiopia, 729 F.2d 422 (6th Cir. 1984), 56
Kaplan v. Al Jazeera, No. 10 Civ. 5298, 2011 WL 2314783, at *3–4
(S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2011), 82

Karaha Bodas Co., L.L.C. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas
Bumi Negara, 313 F.3d 70 (2d Cir. 2002), 76
Kato v. Ishihara, 360 F.3d 106 (2d Cir. 2004), 48
Keller v. Cent. Bank of Nigeria, 277 F.3d 811 (6th Cir. 2002), 38, 47
Kelly v. Syria Shell Petroleum Dev. B.V., 213 F.3d 841 (5th Cir. 2000), 20,
22
Kilburn v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 699 F. Supp. 2d 136 (D.D.C. 2010),
97
Kilburn v. Republic of Iran, 277 F. Supp. 2d 24 (D.D.C. 2003), 85
Kilburn v. Republic of Iran, 441 F. Supp. 2d 74 (D.D.C. 2006), 94
Kilburn v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 376 F.3d 1123 (D.C.
Cir. 2004), 101
Kingdom of Spain v. Estate of Cassirer, No. 10-786, 2011 WL 2135028, at
*16–17 (U.S. Sup. Ct.) (Brief of United States as Amicus Curiae on
petition for writ of certiorari, May 27, 2011), 58
Kirkham v. Société Air France, 429 F.3d 288 (D.C. Cir. 2005), 50
Kumar v. Republic of Sudan, Civil Action No. 2:10CV171, 2011 WL
4369122, at *6–10 (E.D. Va. Sept. 19, 2011), 108
La Reunion Aerienne v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 477 F.
Supp. 2d 131 (D.D.C. 2007), 104
La Reunion Aerienne v. Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahirya, 533
F.3d 837 (D.C. Cir. 2008), 25
Lantheus Med. Imaging, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 841 F. Supp. 2d 769
(S.D.N.Y. 2012), 22
Lasheen v. Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 485 F. App’x 203 (9th
Cir. 2012), 48
LeDonne v. Gulf Air, Inc., 700 F. Supp. 1400 (E.D. Va. 1988), 34
Leibovitch v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 697 F.3d 561 (7th Cir. 2012), 87
Letelier v. Republic of Chile, 748 F.2d 790 (2d Cir. 1984), 47
Levin v. Bank of New York Mellon, No. 09 Civ. 5900 (RPP), 2013 WL
5312502 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2013), 123
Lewis & Kennedy, Inc. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Botswana, No. 05 Civ. 2591(HB), 2005 WL 1621342, at *4–5 (S.D.N.Y.
July 12, 2005), 15

Libancell S.A.L. v. Republic of Lebanon, No. 06-Civ. 2765 (HB), 2006 WL
1321328, at *3–5 (S.D.N.Y. May 16, 2006), 69
Liberian E. Timber Corp. v. Gov’t of the Republic of Liberia, 659 F. Supp.
606 (D.D.C. 1987), 76
Licea v. Curacao, Nos. 11-15909, 11-15910, 11-15944, 2012 WL 3264655,
at *8–14 (11th Cir. June 21, 2012), 25
Liu v. Naomi, 208 F.3d 203 (2d Cir. 2000), 15
Liu v. Republic of China, 892 F.2d 1419 (9th Cir. 1989), 19
Lord Day & Lord v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 134 F. Supp. 2d 549
(S.D.N.Y. 2001), 55
Magness v. Russian Fed’n, 247 F.3d 609 (5th Cir. 2001), 16, 29, 37
Malewicz v. City of Amsterdam, 362 F. Supp. 2d 298 (D.D.C. 2005), 10
Manoharan v. Rajapaksa, 845 F. Supp. 2d 260 (D.D.C. 2012), 9
Matar v. Dichter, 500 F. Supp. 2d 284 (S.D.N.Y. 2007), 38
Matar v. Dichter, 563 F.3d 9 (2d Cir. 2009), 43
McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 539 F.3d 485 (D.C. Cir.
2008), 56
McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civ. Action No. 82-0220
(RJL), 2009 WL 4250767, at *3–4 (D.D.C. Nov. 23, 2009), 57
McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 10-7174, 2011 WL
3209069, at *6–15 (D.C. Cir. July 27, 2011), 57
Mendaro v. World Bank, 717 F.2d 610 (D.C. Cir. 1983), 9
Meridien Int’l Bank Ltd. v. Gov’t of Republic of Liberia, No. 92 Civ. 7039
(AGS), 1996 WL 22338, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 22, 1996), 71
Millen Indus., Inc. v. Coordination Council, 855 F.2d 879 (D.C. Cir.
1988), 11
Ministry of Def. & Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran
v. Cubic Def. Sys., Inc., 236 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (S.D. Cal. 2002), 43
Ministry of Def. & Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran
v. Cubic Def. Sys., Inc., 385 F.3d 1206 (9th Cir. 2004), 46
Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic
of Iran v. Elahi, 556 U.S. 366 (2009), 29, 77, 116
Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic
of Iran v. Elahi, 546 U.S. 450 (2006), 77

Mohammadi v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 947 F. Supp. 2d 48 (D.D.C.
2013), 91
MOL, Inc. v. People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 736 F.2d 1326 (9th Cir.
1984), 49
Moore v. United Kingdom, 384 F.3d 1079 (9th Cir. 2004), 7, 8
Morgan Guar. Trust Co. v. Republic of Palau, 702 F. Supp. 60 (S.D.N.Y.
1988), 71
Mortimer Off-Shore Servs., Ltd. v. Fed. Republic of Germany, 615 F.3d
97 (2d Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S. Ct. 1502 (2011), 45
Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 740 F. Supp. 2d 51 (D.D.C. 2010),
92, 103, 104, 105, 107
Murphy v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 778 F. Supp. 2d 70 (D.D.C. 2011), 25
Murphy v. Korea Asset Mgmt. Corp., 421 F. Supp. 2d 627 (S.D.N.Y.
2005), aff’d, 190 F. App’x 43 (2d Cir. 2006), 35
Nemariam v. Fed. Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 491 F.3d 470 (D.C.
Cir. 2007), 55
NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de la Republica Argentina, 652 F.3d
172 (2d Cir. 2011), 78
NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 680 F.3d 254 (2d Cir. 2012),
cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 273 (2012), 76
NML Capital, Ltd. v. Spaceport Sys. Int’l, L.P., 788 F. Supp. 2d 111 (C.D.
Cal. 2011), 75
Northrop Grumman Ship Sys., Inc. v. Ministry of Def. of Republic of
Venezuela, 575 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2009), 19
O’Bryan v. Holy See, 490 F. Supp. 2d 826 (W.D. Ky. 2005), 16
O’Bryan v. Holy See, 556 F.3d 361 (6th Cir. 2009), 19, 28, 61
Odhiambo v. Republic of Kenya, 930 F. Supp. 2d 17 (D.D.C. 2013), 40
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel,
657 F.3d 1159 (11th Cir. 2011), cert. denied, 132 S. Ct. 2379 (2012),
and cert. denied sub nom. De Aliaga v. Kingdom of Spain, 132 S. Ct.
2380 (2012), 47
Olympic Chartering S.A. v. Ministry of Industry & Trade of Jordan, 134
F. Supp. 2d 528 (S.D.N.Y. 2000), 78
Orkin v. Swiss Confederation, 444 F. App’x 469 (2d Cir. 2011), 22

Ortega Trujillo v. Banco Central del Ecuador, 17 F. Supp. 2d 1340 (S.D.
Fla. 1998), 60
Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 879 F. Supp. 2d 44 (D.D.C. 2012),
102, 108–109
Owens v. Republic of Sudan, 531 F.3d 884 (D.C. Cir. 2008), 109
Owens v. Republic of Sudan, 412 F. Supp. 2d 99 (D.D.C. 2006), 100
Owens v. Republic of Sudan, 826 F. Supp. 2d 128 (D.D.C. 2011), 93
Patrickson v. Dole Food Co., 251 F.3d 795 (9th Cir. 2001), 36
Pension Trust Fund v. Indonesia, 7 F.3d 35 (2d Cir. 1993), 50
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York,
551 U.S. 193 (2007), 41
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 264 F. Supp. 2d 46 (D.D.C. 2003),
108, 125
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 938 F. Supp. 2d 93 (D.D.C. 2013),
appeal docketed, No. 13-7086 (D.C. Cir. May 28, 2013), 124
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 515 F. Supp. 2d 25 (D.D.C. 2007),
92, 125
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 563 F. Supp. 2d 268 (D.D.C. 2008),
22, 125
Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 627 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2010), 5, 67,
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