REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES v. MARCOS

No. 86-6091.

862 F.2d 1355 (1988)

The REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ferdinand E. MARCOS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1988.

Special Concurrence, December 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hibey, Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim & Blair, Washington, D.C., John J. Bartko, Bartko, Welsch, Tarrant & Miller, and Stephen Horn, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, P.C., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants Ferdinand E. Marcos, Imelda R. Marcos and Ramon Azurin.

John J. Stumreiter, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal. and Gerald Walpin, Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, New York City, for defendants-appellants Diosdado C. Ordonez and Ancor Holdings, N.V.

Ronald L. Olson, Bradley S. Phillips, Richard B. Kendall, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee Republic of the Philippines.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., James M. Spears, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Atty., Robert E. Kopp, John F. Cordes, and John P. Schnitker, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., for the amicus curiae U.S.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, PREGERSON, ALARCON, CANBY, NORRIS, BEEZER BRUNETTI, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

The Republic of the Philippines (the Republic) brought a civil suit against its former president, Ferdinand Marcos, and his wife Imelda (the Marcoses), asserting claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S. C. §§ 1961 et seq., and other applicable law. The district court on June 25, 1986 entered a preliminary injunction enjoining the Marcoses...

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