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HILAO v. ESTATE OF MARCOS

No. 95-16779.

103 F.3d 789 (1996)

Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff, and Jose Maria Sison; Jaime Piopongco; Ramon Sison, Dr.; Estate of Francisco Sison; Estate of Florentina Sison; Estate of Amelia Sison, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants.

B.J. Rothbaum, Linn & Neville, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for defendant-appellee.

Constance de la Vega, University of San Francisco Law Clinic, San Francisco, CA, on behalf of Amicus Human Rights Advocates.

Steven M. Schneebaum, Patton & Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, on behalf of Amicus International Human Rights Law Group.

Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Jose Maria Sison and Jaime Piopongco appeal from various rulings of the district court in the trial of their claims against the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos for damages incurred when human-rights abuses were inflicted upon them in the Philippines during Marcos' tenure as president. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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