United States v. 2009-06-23 | 03-55015 | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE V. ELAHI | precedential | opinion |

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND
SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF No. 03-55015
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, as D.C. No. Successor in Interest to the CV-98-01165-RMB Ministry of War of the Southern District of  Government of Iran, California, Plaintiff-Appellant, San Diego
v. ORDER
DARIUSH ELAHI,
Intervenor-Appellee. 
On Remand from the United States Supreme Court
Filed June 23, 2009
Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Kim McLane Wardlaw and
Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
COUNSEL
David J. Bederman, Law Office of David J. Bederman, Esq.,
Atlanta, Georgia (argued), Anthony J. Van Patten, Anthony J.
Van Patten, Inc., Glendale, California, Mina Almassi, Los
Altos, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
Jonathan R. Mook, DiMuroGinsberg, P.C., Alexandria, Vir-
ginia (argued), Philip J. Hirschkop, Hirschkop & Assoc., P.C.,
Alexandria, Virginia, for the intervenor-appellee.
Lewis S. Yelin, Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Washington,
D.C. (argued), Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General,
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Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Douglas N. Letter,
Appellate Litigation Counsel, for United States as Amicus
Curiae.
ORDER
We remand to the district court to comply with the United
States Supreme Court’s decision in Ministry of Defense and
Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
v. Elahi, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S. Ct. 1732 (2009).
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