Government
Dec. 7, 2010
Families Can't Collect Money In Bomb Judgment
Iran owes $2.6 billion to 1,000 family members of the 241 U.S. servicemen killed and many more injured in a 1983 suicide attack on U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, but the families on Friday lost one bid to collect the money, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Iran owes $2.6 billion to 1,000 family members of the 241 U.S. servicemen killed and the many more injured in a 1983 suicide attack on U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, but the families on Friday lost one bid to collect the money, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
The families wanted to dun foreign shipping companies that owe funds to Iran, but the panel voted 2-1 that the Foreig...
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