Cicippio-Puleo v. Islamic Republic of Iran

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• indicating that it “cannot be assumed” that there is any cause of action against a foreign state at all
• noting that satisfying the requirements of § 1605(a)(7) and the Flatow Amendment serves only to establish jurisdiction
• holding in light of evolving state of law that “[w]e will therefore remand the case to allow plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their complaint to state a cause of action under some other source of law including state law ...”
• “As the Supreme Court repeatedly has explained, an official-capacity claim against a government official is in substance a claim against the government itself.”
• victim was tortured when his captors regularly beat him, threat- ened him with death, and confined him in “deplorable and inhumane conditions”
• victim was tortured when his captors regularly beat him, threat- ened him with death, and confined him in “deplorable and inhumane conditions”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).