Islamic Republic of Iran v. McKesson Corporation
Petition for certiorari denied on March 18, 2013
Issue: (1) Whether the Treaty of Amity between the United States and Iran also provides a cause of action to sue the foreign sovereign in the courts of the company"s "home" country, so that respondent McKesson may sue Iran in the United States and an Iranian company may sue the United States in Iran; and (2) whether a foreign sovereign"s interpretation of its domestic law is entitled to deference, as several other appellate courts have concluded, and the court below therefore erred by failing to defer to Iran"s interpretation of Iranian law to provide a cause of action for companies doing business in Iran only in Iranian courts.
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- Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, March 6, 2013)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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11/15/2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2012) |
11/15/2012 | Appendix of Islamic Republic of Iran filed. |
12/11/2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 19, 2013. |
02/15/2013 | Brief of respondents McKesson Corporation, et al. in opposition filed. |
02/27/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 15, 2013. |
02/28/2013 | Reply of petitioner Islamic Republic of Iran filed. (Distributed) |
03/18/2013 | Petition DENIED. |