Cronin v. Islamic Republic of Iran

How courts have described this case

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• finding that per diem approach was inappropriate because of severity of mistreatment and brevity of confinement
• awarding punitive damages based on the “approximately $100 million [spent] each year in support of ... terrorist activities”
• finding the character of the defendant’s act—where the defendant provided material support and resources to terrorist organizations to carry out acts such as kidnapping and torture—supported a punitive damage award of $300,000,000
• finding the character of the defendant’s act—where the defendant provided material support and resources to terrorist organizations to carry out acts such as kidnapping and torture—supported a punitive damage 49 award of $300,000,000
• awarding to the single victim $300,000,000 in punitive damages
• awarding $300,000,000 in punitive damages against MOIS

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).