Case regarding the violation of fiduciary obligations

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Islamic  v. Pahlavi

November 12, 1982

O'Dwyer Bernstein for plaintiff. Boyle, Vogeler, Stebbings Tiernan for defendant.

Thomas S. Martin, Acting Assistant Attorney General ( John S. Martin, Jr., of counsel), for United States. 

ARNOLD GUY FRAIMAN, J.

This is an action by the Islamic Republic of Iran (the Government of Iran), against Ashraf Pahlavi, the sister of the late Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, formerly the Shah of Iran. As the Shah, Pahlavi was the