Caroline Spencer
Vanderbilt Law School
Caroline Spencer is a second-year student at Vanderbilt Law School and works as a research assistant for Professor Ingrid Brunk.
Rule 19 and Continuing Litigation in Peterson v. Bank Markazi
Last November, the Second Circuit decided in Peterson v. Bank Markazi that Bank Markazi, Iran’s Central Bank, remained immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (FSIA) despite the enactment of 22 U.S.C. § 8772, which subjects certain Iranian assets to “execution or attachment” to satisfy judgments against Iran. The district court will now…
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