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CHESLEY v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 401, Docket 89-7663.

927 F.2d 60 (1991)

In the Matter of the Petition of Stanley M. CHESLEY, F. Lee Bailey, Lionel Alan Marks, and Michael Phulwani, Individually, and on Behalf of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, for a Judgment Pursuant to Section 475 New York Judiciary Law, determining and enforcing an attorney's charging lien, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and the Union of India, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel Alan Marks, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bud G. Holman, New York City (William A. Krohley, Lisa E. Cleary, Kelley Drye & Warren, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Union Carbide Corp.

Before KEARSE, ALTIMARI and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants are and represent American attorneys who, on behalf of Indian plaintiffs who were victims in the Bhopal gas leak disaster that occurred in December 1984, filed suits against Union Carbide Corporation ("UCC"). These actions originated in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or were transferred thereto, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 (1988), by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

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