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COOPER v. TOKYO ELEC. POWER COMPANY, INC.

No. 15-56424.

860 F.3d 1193 (2017)

Lindsay R. COOPER; James R. Sutton; Kim Gieseking; Charles A. Yarris; Robert M. Miller; Christopher G. Bittner; Eric Membrila; Judy Goodwin; Jennifer L. Micke; John W. Seelbach; Maurice D. Enis; Jaime L. Plym; Nathan J. Piekutowski; Carolyn A. White; Louie Viernes; Michael L. Sebourn; K.S., an infant by his father and natural guardian Michael L. Sebourn; Christian M. Ebueng; Paul J. Encinias; Daniel E. Hair; Adam W. Krutzler; David K. Malone; Robert Seligman; Eloi A. Whiteman; Jason D. Henry; Nellie Allen-Logan; Jami Beschorner; Nathan Canche; Nathan Criswell; Jason Troy Friel; Oscar Gonzalez; David Hahn; James Jackson; Jarrett Brady Johnston; Jonathan Medina; Adam Mintz; Mallory K. Morrow; William Netherton; Michelle Oden; Donald Rairigh; Christopher Rickard; Andrew Rivera; Steven Ray Simmons; Akeem Smith; Justin Spencer; Alan Spurling; Angel Torres; John & Jane Does 1-70,000; Anthony Garcia; Jasmine Allen; Rhonda Anbert; Susan Ash; Adam Armenta; Jinky M.A., individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Charliemagne T.A.; J.C.A., a minor by his mother as guardian ad litem Jinky M.A.; J.A., a minor by his mother as guardian ad litem Jinky M.A.; Dana Austin; Renar Awa; Josh Bane; Aramis Barrios; Trevor Beck; Markus Begay; Jordan Benoit; Jordan Bettencourt; Brett A. Bingham; Gunnar Borthick; Kenneth Cleo Boswell; James P. Bowen; Matthew Bradley; Nicolas Brewton; Nicolaus Brooks; Ryan S. Brown; Casey Brucklacher; Rebecca Brunet; Gerardo Bruing; Robin Calcaterra; Robby Canlas; Carlisi; Courtney Carmichael; Matthew Cartwright; Wayne Cassar; Fabian Cervantes; Melvin A. Chamberlain; Terance Chapman; William Chapman, Jr.; Annmarie Chessari; David Chitwood; George Cobb; Lori Lynn Cody; Keondice W. Cook; Angela Crabtree; Chad Croft; Brian Cross; Nicolas Crouch; Thomas Culberson; Vicent Curci; Honda Dagan; James Darnell; Janelle Darnell; Jason Dasilva; John Davis; Mark Decasa; Nichole M. Decatur; Martin Delgardillo; Tina Dibernardo; Brandon Dockery; J.D., a minor by his father as guardian ad litem Jeremy D.; Jeremy D.; Christian Doerr; Ian W. Dove, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., aka TEPCO, Defendant-Appellant, Solicitor General of the United States of America, Real Party in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Withdrawn October 26, 2016.

Resubmitted June 22, 2017.

Filed June 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Paul Collins (argued), Rio S. Pierce , and Gregory P. Stone , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Bryan H. Heckenlively , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Adam Cabral Bonner (argued) and Charles A. Bonner (argued), Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner, Sausalito, California; Paul C. Garner (argued), Rancho Mirage , California; John R. Edwards , Edwards Kirby , Raleigh, North Carolina; Catherine E. Edwards , Edwards Kirby , Del Mar, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake and a massive tsunami struck Japan's northeastern coast. The United States participated in a relief effort known as Operation Tomodachi (Japanese for "friend"). The plaintiffs in this putative class action lawsuit are members...

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