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BURGER-FISCHER v. DEGUSSA AG

Civil Action Nos. 98-3958(DRD), 98-5019(DRD), 98-4252(DRD), 98-4468(DRD).

65 F.Supp.2d 248 (1999)

Alice BURGER-FISCHER, Michal Schonberger, Goldie Hoffmanengel, and Hester Haszkel, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. DEGUSSA AG and Degussa Corporation, Defendants. Michael Vogel, Maria Dorenblat, Vernon Rusheen, and Maria Richman, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Degussa Ag and Degussa Corporation, Defendants. Malka Lichtman, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Siemens Ag, Defendant. Martha Klein and Zelig Preis on their own behalf, and on the behalf of all other persons similarly situated; namely persons and the heirs of persons compelled to perform slave labor for Siemens AG between 1939 and 1945, Plaintiffs, v. Siemens Ag, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended September 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C., Steven J. Pudell, Newark, NJ, Robert A. Swift, Martin J. D'Urso, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Lawrence Kill, Linda Gerstel, Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, Edward D. Fagan, Karen D'Avino, Fagan & D'Avino, LLP, Livingston, NJ, William Marks, The Marks Law Firm, P.C., Washington, DC, Jon M. Van Dyke, Honolulu, HI, Michael Witti, Munich (Bogenhausen), Germany, for Burger-Fisher, plaintiffs.

Goldstein, Lite & DePalma, LLC, Allyn Z. Lite, Joseph J. DePalma, Newark, NJ, Burt Neuborne, New York City, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Morris A. Ratner, Lisa J. Leebove, Karen J. Mandel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, Bernstein, LLP, New York City, Melvyn Weiss, Deborah Sturman, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York City, Joseph D. Ament, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, Irwin Levin, Richard Shevitz, Cohen & Malad, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Michael D. Hausfeld, Paul T. Gallagher, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Martin Mendelsohn, Washington, DC, for Vogel plaintiffs.

Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, L.L.P., Peter S. Pearlman, Saddle Brook, NJ, Stephen A. Whinston, Edward W. Millstein, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Mel Urbach, Law Offices of Mel Urbach, Jersey City, NJ, J. Dennis Faucher, Patrick Cafferty, Michael Dell'Angelo, Miller, Faucher, Cafferty & Wexler, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, William J. Cook, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, SC, for Lichtman plaintiffs.

Goldstein, Lite & DePalma, L.L.C., Allyn Z. Lyte, Joseph J. DePalma, Newark, NJ, Burt Neuborne, New York City, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Morris A. Ratner, Karen J. Mandel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., New York City, Joseph D. Ament, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, Barry A. Fisher, Fleischman, Fisher & Moest, Los Angeles, CA, Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Melvyn I Weiss, Deborah M. Sturman, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, L.L.P., New York City, Irwin Levine, Richard Shevitz, Cohen & Malad, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Michael D. Hausfeld, Paul T. Gallagher, Angieszka Frysman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Martin Mendelsohn, Washington, DC, Arthur Miller, Cambridge, MA, for Klein plaintiffs.

Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, John J. Gibbons, Kevin J. McKenna, Newark, NJ, Thomas R. Valen, Brian R. Howe, Jennifer A. Hradil on the Memorandum, for defendant Degussa AG.

Shanley & Fisher, PC, Thomas F. Campion, Jr., Morristown, NJ, for defendant Degussa Corp.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., James C. Orr, Keith G. Von Glahn, Newark, NJ, Kirkland & Ellis, Thomas D. Yannucci, Christopher Landau, James F. Basile, Daryl Joseffer, Brant W. Bishop, Washington, DC, for defendant Siemens AG.

Peter Heidenberger, Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The Federal Republic of Germany.

Bronislaw Geremeck, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland, PL, Warsaw, for amicus curiae The Republic of Poland.

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

                             TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I Parties and Proceedings ..............................................250
    A. The Degussa Cases .................................................250
    B. The Siemens Cases .................................................253
    C. Defendants' Motions ...............................................254

 II Plaintiffs' Rationale ......................................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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