Doe V. Unocal Decision
Volume 1 of 2 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOHN DOE I, individually & as Administrator of the Estate of his deceased child Baby Doe I, & on behalf of all others similarly situated; JANE DOE I, on behalf of herself, as Adminstratrix of the Estate of her deceased child Baby Doe I, & on behalf of all others similarly situated; JOHN DOE II; JOHN DOE III; JOHN DOE IV; JOHN DOE V; JANE DOE II; JANE DOE III; JOHN DOE VI; JOHN DOE VII; JOHN Nos. 00-56603 DOE VIII; JOHN DOE IX; JOHN DOE 00-57197 X; JOHN DOE XI, on behalf of D.C. No. themselves & all others similarly CV-96-06959- situated & Louisa Benson on RSWL behalf of herself & the general public, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNOCAL CORPORATION, a California Corporation; TOTAL S.A., a Foreign Corporation; JOHN IMLE, an individual; ROGER C. BEACH, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. 14187 14188 DOE I v. UNOCAL CORP. JOHN ROE III; JOHN ROE VII; JOHN Nos. 00-56628 ROE VIII; JOHN ROE X, 00-57195 Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v. CV-96-06112- UNOCAL CORPORATION; UNION OIL RSWL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, OPINION Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Richard A. Paez and Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judges, Presiding1 Argued and Submitted December 3, 2001—Pasadena, California Filed September 18, 2002 Before: Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, and A. Wallace Tashima, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Harry Pregerson; Concurrence by Judge Reinhardt 1Judge Paez initially authored the orders granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss.
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