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  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

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  • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Carey R. D'Avino, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs- Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross- Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202480401014, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 4, 2011)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.

  • Werner v. Plater Zyberk

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-21
    Court: Pa. Super. Ct.
    Judge: Hudock, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 171 EDA 2001

    �1 This is an appeal from an order granting the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by Appellees (J. Plater-Zyberk, Jr., Ph.D., Stephen A. Winston, Esquire, Berger & Montague,

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