778 Fed.Appx. 541 (9th Cir. 2019), 19-15101, Bennett v. Islamic Republic of Iran

• Docket Nº: 19-15101
• Citation: 778 Fed.Appx. 541
• Party Name: Michael BENNETT, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Marla Ann Bennett; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; The Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, Defendants, v. Franklin Resources, Inc.; Visa Inc., Third-party-plaintiffs-appellees, v. Bank ...
• Attorney: Dale K. Cathell, DLA Piper US, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Curtis Campbell Mechling, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Amanda L. Morgan, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, Jane Carol Norman, Esquire, Bond & Norman PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Anne Marilyn K...
• Judge Panel: Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, and GRABER and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
• Case Date: September 30, 2019
• Court: United States Courts of Appeals, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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778 Fed.Appx. 541 (9th Cir. 2019)

Michael BENNETT, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Marla Ann Bennett; Linda Bennett, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Maria Ann Bennett, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

The ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; The Iranian Ministry of Information and Security, Defendants,

v.

Franklin Resources, Inc.; Visa Inc., Third-party-plaintiffs-appellees,

v.

Bank Melli, Third-party-defendant-Appellant

Estate of Meir Kahane; et al., Third-party-defendants-Appellees.

No. 19-15101

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

September 30, 2019

Argued and Submitted September 23, 2019 San Francisco, California.

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Dale K. Cathell, DLA Piper US, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Curtis Campbell Mechling, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Amanda L. Morgan, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, Jane Carol Norman, Esquire, Bond & Norman PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees

Anne Marilyn Kelts, Ethan Miller, Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, for Third-party-plaintiffs-Appellees Franklin Resources, Inc., Visa Inc.

Lisa W. Bohl, MoloLamken LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert Kelsey Kry, Jeffrey A. Lamken, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, DC, for Third-party-defendant-Appellant Bank Melli

Dale K. Cathell, DLA Piper US, LLP, Patrick Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Amanda L. Morgan, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, for Third-party-defendants-Appellees Estate of Meir Kahane, Estate of Judith Greenbaum

James Bernard, Attorney, Curtis Campbell Mechling, Patrick Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Amanda L. Morgan, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, for Third-party-defendants-Appellees Carlos Acosta, Maria Acosta, Irving Franklin, Estate of Irma Franklin, Libby Kahane, Estate of Sonya Kahane, Cipporah Kaplan, Tova Ettinger, Baruch Kahane, Ethel Griffin, Norman Kahane, Steven Greenbaum, Alan Hayman, Shirlee Hayman

Dale K. Cathell, DLA Piper US, LLP, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, Amanda L. Morgan, Jesse Medlong, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Francisco, CA, for Third-party-defendants-Appellees The Estate of Michael Heiser, Gary Heiser, Francis Heiser, The Estate of Leland Timothy Haun, Ibis S. Haun, Milagritos Perez-Dalis, Senator Haun, The Estate of Justin R. Wood, Richard W. Wood, Kathleen M. Wood, Shawn M. Wood, The Estate of Earl F. Cartrette, Jr., Denise M. Eichstaedt, Anthony W. Cartrette,...