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IN RE WTC DISASTER SITE

Docket Nos. 03-7698(L), 03-7736, 03-7699, 03-7700, 03-7724, 03-7743, 03-7749, 03-7756, 03-7757, 03-7758, 03-7760, 03-7761, 03-7778, 03-7784, 03-7785, 03-7786, 03-7789, 03-9157, 03-9163, 03-9165, 03-9167, 03-9173, 03-9175, 03-9177, 03-9183, 03-9187, 03-9193, 03-9195.

414 F.3d 352 (2005)

In re: WTC DISASTER SITE. Vincent McNally, Gina McNally, Francis Lavery, Kathryn Lavery, Joseph Ariola, Colleen Ariola, James Blake, John M Deneau, Lisa Deneau, Joseph Healy, Janet Healy, George Lamoreaux, Ingrid Lamoreaux, Thomas Magee, Patrick Malloy, Lori Malloy, Jon J. McGillick, Arlene McGillick, Michael Spiller, Leah Spiller, Timothy Villari, Maria Villari, Anthony R Larosa, Angela Larosa, Roger Danvers, James Mascarella, John F. Taggart, and Theresa Taggart, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, David Hendrickson, Lynn Hendrickson, Dewardranth Samaroo, Teresa Hartey, Edward Galanek, Robert Esposito, Denise Esposito, James Melendez, Maureen McCue, Joseph Berardi, John Baiano, Jack Biggs, John Bonvicino, John Bou, Kevin Brannick, Wayne Brown, Robert Carannante, Victor Carpentier, Alan Ceserano, Michael Conlon, Phyliss Costarella, Gerald Damitz, Anthony Delbianco, Lenny Dinotte, Daniel Donovan, Roy Edwards, Joseph Falcone, Nelson Garcia, Anthony Giordano, Robert Goffredo, Michael Guidicipietro, Rafael Gutierrez, Otto Havel III, Robert Henri, Pelops Irby, Austin Johnson, Jason Keenan, Kevin Kempton, Omar Malave, Daniel Maldonado, John Menoni, Martin Mullaney, Mickey Nardiello, Frank Ozello, John Pankey, Nicholas Parascandola, Vincent Parise, Thomas Perry, Jerry Pizzarello, Juan Rullan, Raymond Russo, John Salomone, George Snyder, Alexis Solomon, Christian Trembone, Clinton Beyer, Joan Beyer, Peter Blake, Sharon Blake, and Jason Maksimowich, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and The City of New York, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, World Trade Center Properties LLC, sued as Silverstein Properties, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Glasser, New York, New York (Brian J. Shoot, Paul A. Marber, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, New York, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Ryan S. Goldstein, New York, New York, and Wertheimer Associates, New York, New York (Robin Wertheimer, New York, New York, of counsel), for most of the remaining Plaintiffs-Appellees, joined in the brief submitted on behalf of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Richard A. Williamson, New York, New York (M. Bradford Stein, James B. Eisenberg, Christina M. Rackett-Solis, Flemming, Zulack & Williamson, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee The Port-Authority of New York and New Jersey and Defendant-Appellant World Trade Center Properties.

James E. Tyrrell, Jr., Latham & Watkins, Newark, New Jersey (Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Kenneth A. Becker, Matthew J. Maiorana, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee The City of New York.

Before: KEARSE and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, Chief District Judge.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge.

The present appeals raise questions as to federal-court jurisdiction over claims relating to respiratory injuries suffered by rescue and clean-up workers as a result of exposure to toxins and other contaminants in the aftermath of terrorists' hijacking of two airplanes and using them to cause the destruction of the New York City World Trade Center's twin 110-story towers on September 11, 2001. Plaintiffs in the present actions, which have been...

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