IN RE ESTATE OF FERDINAND MARCOS HUMAN RIGHTS LIT.

No. 92-15526.

25 F.3d 1467 (1994)

In re ESTATE OF FERDINAND MARCOS, HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION. Maximo HILAO, et al., Class Plaintiffs; Vicente Clemente, et al., Class Plaintiffs; Jaime Piopongco, et al., Class Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Rothbaum, Jr., Linn & Helms, Oklahoma City, OK, for defendant-appellant.

Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: GOODWIN, TANG, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge TANG.

TANG, Senior Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Defendant Estate of Ferdinand Marcos ("the Estate") appeals from the district court's order preliminarily enjoining the Estate from transferring, secreting or dissipating the Estate's assets pendente lite. On this interlocutory appeal, the Estate also challenges the district court's subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Alien Tort Act, claims that...

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