United States Fifth Circuit

Plaintiff sought to obtain a default judgment against property owned by Iran, who gave partial support to terrorists who killed plaintiff, but the Court affirmed judgments of two district courts to quash writs of attachment and execution issued against two parcels of real property, owned by defendant, that were located in the United States.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/19/2004
• Published 07/19/2004

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, PRADO and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ralph P. Dupont (argued), Barbara Joan Radlauer, Dupont & Radlauer, Stamford, CT, Kevin Patrick Walters, Seth A. Nichamoff, Georgantas & Walters, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• H. Thomas Byron, III (argued), Douglas N. Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div.-App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Appellee.