28 U.S.C. § 1606
Extent of liability
As to any claim for relief with respect to which a foreign state is not entitled to immunity under section 1605 or 1607 of this chapter, the foreign state shall be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances; but a foreign state except for an agency or instrumentality thereof shall not be liable for punitive damages; if, however, in any case wherein death was caused, the law of the place where the action or omission occurred provides, or has been construed to provide, for damages only punitive in nature, the foreign state shall be liable for actual or compensatory damages measured by the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death which were incurred by the persons for whose benefit the action was brought.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 243
cases (28 in the last 5 years), 1966–2026 · leading case: James Owens v. Repub. of Sudan, 864 F.3d 751 (D.C. Cir. 2017).
James Owens v. Repub. of Sudan, 864 F.3d 751 (D.C. Cir. 2017). “28 U.S.C. § 1606 . As a result, a plaintiff suing a foreign sovereign typically relied upon state substantive law to redress his grievances.”
Blais v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 459 F. Supp. 2d 40 (D.D.C. 2006). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass-through” to substantive causes of action against private individuals that may exist in federal, state or international law.”
Est. of Heiser v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 466 F. Supp. 2d 229 (D.D.C. 2006). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass-through” to substantive causes of action against private individuals that may exist in federal, state or international law.”
Jacobsen v. Oliver, 451 F. Supp. 2d 181 (D.D.C. 2006). “In modifying 28 U.S.C. § 1606 , subsection (b) of the October 1998 Amendment would have permitted the award of punitive damages against state sponsors of terrorism brought under Sections 1605(a)(7) and 1610(f) of the FSIA.”
Thuneibat v. Syrian Arab Repub., 167 F. Supp. 3d 22 (D.D.C. 2016). “Islamic Republic of Iran, although the “FSIA does not contain an express choice-of-law provision,” this statute provides, “that a foreign state stripped of its immunity ‘shall be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances,’…”
Greenbaum v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 451 F. Supp. 2d 90 (D.D.C. 2006). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass-through” to substantive causes of action against private individuals that may exist in federal, state or international law.”
Holland v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 496 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2005). “The Collaboration Between Section 1606 and Various Federal Statutes Section 1606 of the FSIA provides, in relevant part: *15 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . The Supreme Court has stated that this language means exactly what it says — for instance, where “state law provides a rule of…”
Dammarell v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 281 F. Supp. 2d 105 (D.D.C. 2003). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 (emphasis supplied). Thus while the FSIA does not permit the award of punitive damages against a foreign state, See Wein *200 stein v.”
Bodoff v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 424 F. Supp. 2d 74 (D.D.C. 2006). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass-through” to substantive causes of action against private individuals that may exist in federal, state or international law.”
Price v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 384 F. Supp. 2d 120 (D.D.C. 2005). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass through” to substantive causes of actions against private individuals that may exist in federal, state, or international law.”
Rux v. Repub. of Sudan, 495 F. Supp. 2d 541 (E.D. Va. 2007). “The liability of a foreign state whose immunity has been abrogated under any of the exceptions in § 1605 is determined according to § 1606, which provides: “As to any claim for which a foreign state is not entitled to immunity under section 1605 or section 1607 of this chapter,…”
Haim v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 425 F. Supp. 2d 56 (D.D.C. 2006). “” 28 U.S.C. § 1606 . Section 1606 acts as a “pass-through” to substantive causes of action against private individuals that may exist in federal, state or international law.”
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