DOE v. UNOCAL CORP.

No. 99-55576.

248 F.3d 915 (2001)

John DOE, I, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of his Deceased Child Baby Doe 1 and on behalf of all Others Similarly Situated; Jane Doe 1, on behalf of Herself, as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Deceased Child Baby Doe 1 and on behalf of all Others Similarly Situated; John Doe, II; John Doe, III; John Doe, Iv; John Doe, V; Jane Doe, II; Jane Doe, III, John Doe, Vi; John Doe, VII; John Doe, VIII; John Doe, IX; John Doe, X; John Doe, XI, on behalf of Themselves and all Others Similarly Situated and Louisa Benson on Behalf of Herself and the General Public, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNOCAL CORPORATION, a California Corporation, Defendant, and Total, S.A., a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 27, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Brown Chomsky, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard R. Mainland, Peter H. Mason, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for defendant-appellee.

Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, MELVIN BRUNETTI and ALEX KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted December 5, 2000 — Pasadena, California

PER CURIAM:

We affirm the district court's judgment and adopt the portions of its opinion, Doe v. Unocal, 27 F.Supp.2d 1174 (C.D.Cal.1998), appearing in the Appendix as our own. See Appendix infra.

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