Flatow v. Islamic Republic of Iran

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that political assassinations “are not valid acts of state of the type which bar consideration of this case”
• concluding that political assassinations “are not valid acts of state of the type which bar consideration of this case”
• holding Iran and MOIS liable for terrorist bombing by Islamic Jihad, which resulted in the death of an American citizen
• noting that the Flatow Amendment “overrides the common law doctrine of head of state immunity[.]”
• noting that the Fla-tow Amendment “overrides the common law doctrine of head of state immunity[.]”
• stating that “the Committee has determined that allowing suits in the federal courts against countries responsible for terrorist acts where Americans and/or their loved ones suffer injury or death at the hands of the terrorist states is warranted”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).