HUYNH v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

Nos. 04-56105, 05-55091.

465 F.3d 992 (2006)

Lien HUYNH; Voong Sy Phung, a/k/a Phung Sy Wong; Chun Huynh; Ngoc Bich Huynh; Dieu Minh Nu; Cong Ton; Phi Vu Hoang Nguyen; Tran Quang Tri, a/k/a Chris Tran, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, and Tuoi Pham Foster, a/k/a Tuoi Thi Pham; Truong Dac Phung; Kim Thi Ton-Nu, a/k/a Ton Nu Thi Kien; Huy Le Thi Tran, a/k/a Julie Doan Tran; Nancy Le Nguyen, a/k/a Nga Thi Le; Huan Tran Dang; Dinh Vu Nguyen; Toa-Anh Thi Nguyen; Bich-Dao Thi Ho; Hong-Duc Thai Van; Tai Dinh Nguyen; Thuong Van Nguyen; Van Cam T. Nguyen; Nguyen Thi Ri; Phung Thi Nguyen; Thach Thi Pham; Gerardus Fernandez; Hong T. Fernandez; Xua Thi Duong; Dien T. Nguyen; Vivian Nguyen Dang, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York corporation; Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation f/k/a First National City Bank, Defendants-Appellees, and Bank Of America Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Lien Huynh; Voong Sy Phung, a/k/a Phung Sy Wong; Chun Huynh; Dieu Minh Nu; Cong Ton; Phi Vu Hoang Nguyen; Tran Quang Tri, a/k/a Chris Tran, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated; Tuoi Pham Foster, a/k/a Tuoi Thi Pham; Truong Dac Phung; Kim Thi Ton-Nu, a/k/a Ton Nu Thi Kien; Huy Le Thi Tran, a/k/a Julie Doan Tran; Nancy Le Nguyen, a/k/a Nga Thi Le; Huan Tran Dang; Dinh Vu Nguyen; Toa-Anh Thi Nguyen; Bich-Dao Thi Ho; Hong-Duc Thai Van; Tai Dinh Nguyen; Thuong Van Nguyen; Van Cam T. Nguyen; Nguyen Thi Ri; Phung Thi Nguyen; Thach Thi Pham; Gerardus Fernandez; Hong T. Fernandez; Xua Thi Duong; Dien T. Nguyen; Vivian Nguyen Dang, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, and Ngoc Bich Huynh, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York corporation; Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation f/k/a First National City Bank, Defendants, and Bank of America Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Chiao Tung Bank Co., a Republic of China corporation, f/k/a Bank of Communications, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Federico C. Sayre, Mark S. Brown, Law Offices of Federico C. Sayre, Santa Ana, CA; Thu-Cuc T. Phung, Westminster, CA; Bicvan Thi Brown, New Port Beach, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard B. Kendall, Melissa R. McCormick, Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees The Chase Manhattan Bank and Citigroup, N.A. Angela L. Padilla, Robert S. Stern, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Chiao Tung Bank Co.

Before D.W. NELSON and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.


D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Proposed class representatives of Vietnamese bank depositors seek to recover the dollar value of bank deposits made in Saigon, South Vietnam, before April 1975. On appeal, they challenge the district court's orders dismissing as time-barred their complaint against Citibank, N.A. (Citibank), The Chase Manhattan Bank (Chase), and Chiao Tung Bank (Chiao Tung). We have jurisdiction pursuant...

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