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Case Summary
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 33 F. Supp. 3d 1003 (N.D. Ill. 2014); aff’d, 830 F.3d 470 (7th Cir. 2016); aff’d, 138 S. Ct. 816 (2018).
Default judgment: Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 281 F. Supp. 2d 258 (D.D.C. 2003).
Précis
In 2003, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia awarded the victims of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem that was funded by Iran a default judgment of $71.5 million. After Iran failed to pay the judgment, the victims and their families brought this action to seize and execute on Iranian artifacts held by the University of Chicago. At issue was whether a terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act . . . .
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