EYAK NATIVE VILLAGE v. EXXON CORP.

No. 93-35274.

25 F.3d 773 (1994)

EYAK NATIVE VILLAGE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James van R. Springer, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Miller, Anchorage, AK, and Jerome M. Congress, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald L. Olson, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, Charles P. Flynn, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, AK, and Douglas J. Serdahely, Bogle & Gates, Anchorage, AK, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CHOY, HUG, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge HUG.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether the district court's denial of motions to remand cases removed from an Alaska state court was error. This interlocutory appeal concerns the removal of over 160 separate cases brought in the Superior Court of the State of Alaska. Plaintiffs sued Exxon and Alyeska under Alaska law for the injuries caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.1 The...

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