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IN RE THE EXXON VALDEZ

No. 99-35898.

239 F.3d 985 (2001)

In Re: THE EXXON VALDEZ. Grant Baker, et al., as representatives of the Mandatory Punitive Damages Class, District of Alaska, (Anchorage) Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Exxon Corporation; Exxon Shipping Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Brian B. O'Neill, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; David W. Oesting, Davis Wright Tremaine, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: JAMES R. BROWNING, MARY M. SCHROEDER, and ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted November 9, 2000, San Francisco, California.

OPINION

MARY M. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is another appeal arising out of the verdict and judgment of five billion dollars in punitive damages against Exxon Corporation following the disastrous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Alaska. As in an earlier appeal, we here consider whether some of the plaintiffs who settled with Exxon before certification of the...

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