Gunn v. Islamic Republic of Iran

$1,956,000,000 against Iran

Court: District Court, District of Columbia
Docket: No. 21-cv-1187
Opinion date: July 29, 2024
Ruling: Damages awarded
Compensatory damages: $489,000,000
Punitive damages: $1,467,000,000
Total award: $1,956,000,000 (compensatory plus punitive as stated)
Collection: Satisfaction not on docket (RECAP search, Oct. 17, 2026)

The destroyer USS Cole, hull number 67, under way with crew lining the rail — The Cole back on duty after repairs, Pascagoula, Miss., September 2001. Photo: U.S. Navy, via DVIDS (public domain)

The opinion: “…the October 12, 2000, terrorist bombing of the U.S.S. Cole (“the Cole”) in Yemen, which killed 17 U.S. Navy sailors and injured dozens of others.”

Docket on CourtListener Opinion Opinion PDF

Cite Gunn v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 21-cv-1187 (D.D.C. July 29, 2024), CourtListener, https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10020053/gunn-v-islamic-republic-of-iran/.

Figures as stated in the opinion; checked word for word against the opinion text. Plaintiff names and per-plaintiff awards are in the opinion itself.