DC Circuit Rejects En Banc Rehearing on Weinstein v. Iran ccTLD Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied a request for en banc reconsideration of Weinstein v. Iran, in which a three-judge panel ruled in August that country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) can’t be garnished as assets in…
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a lawsuit judgment (see 1608020055). The family of Ira Weinstein had sought garnishment of Iran's .ir ccTLD as compensation for his death in a 1996 terrorist attack attributed to Iran, and other families in cases consolidated with Weinstein sought garnishment of the ccTLDs of North Korea and Syria. The families jointly sought the en banc hearing. The D.C. Circuit denied the request in a one-sentence order (in Pacer), saying no member of the court favored an en banc hearing. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, who remains the D.C. Circuit's chief judge, didn't participate in the denial decision.