Kilburn 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.

• holding that “beatings, unsanitary conditions inadequate food and medical care, and mock executions” over 18 months were “torture”
• holding that “the elements of immunity and liability . . . are essentially the same,” such that if the immunity waiver applies and a cause of action exists, liability is established
• concluding victims experienced torture in the form of “beatings, unsanitary conditions, inadequate food and medical care, and mock executions”
• concluding victims experienced torture in the form of “beatings, unsanitary conditions, inadequate food and medical care, and mock executions”
• declining to award economic damages where “plaintiffs presented no evidence to support an economic damages award”
• explaining that the elements of immunity and liability are \essentially the same [under the new amendments] in that § 1605A(a)(1) must be fulfilled to demonstrate that a plaintiff has a cause of action\ under § 1605A(c)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).