Maria AGUINDA, Individually, and as guardians for Gesica Grefa, Carlos Grefa, Individually and as guardians for Gresica Grefa, Gesica Grefa, Catarina Aguinda, Mercedes Grefa, Lidia Aguinda; Patricio Chimbo, Individually and as guardian for his minor children, Elias Piyaguaje, Individually and as guardian for Lola Piyaguaje, Edicon Piyaguaje, Paulina Piyaguaje, Jimena Piyaguaje and Elias Piyaguaje, Lola Piyaguaje, Edison Piyaguaje, Paulina Piyaguaje, Jimena Piyaguaje, Elias Piyaguaje, Delfin Payaguajo, Individually and as guardian for his minor children, Homer Conde, Individually and as guardian for his minor children, Santo Guillermo Ramirez, Individually and as guardian for Danilo Ramirez, Danilo Ramirez, Juana Tanguila, Additional Plaintiff, Listed In Exhibits "B", "C" and "D" Hereto and Incorporated Herein by Reference., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Gabriel Ashanga Jota, individually and as Guardian for Raul Antonio Ashanga Casteno, Paula Nerida Ashanga Casteno, Christian Ashanga Casteno and Judith Reutegui Casteno, Manuel Antonio Canelos Duende, Alimpio Coquinche Noteno, Arsenio Condo, Juan Marcos Coquinche Mercier, Ronald Coquinche Noteno, individually and as Guardian for Tarcila Conquinche and Saul Coquinche, Santiago, individually and as Guardian for Julian Coquinche and Santiago Coquinche, Florentino Noteno, individually and as Guardian for Mery Noteno, Greine Noteno, Armilda Noteno and Noris Noteno, Remedia Paz Duende, individually and as Guardian for Lizzie Pena Paz and Jackie Pena Paz and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Associacion Internica De Desarrollo De La Selva Peruana—Aidesep, (Multi-Ethnic Association of the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest), in representation of its members and of its member organizations, Organizacion Kichuaruna wangurina—Orkiwan, (Organization Quichua Wangurina), Federacion de Comunidades Nativas Del Medio Napo—Feconamn, (Federation of Native Communities of the Middle Napo), Federacion del Pueblo Yagua del Bajo Amazona y Bajo Napo-Fepybaban (Federation of the Yagua People of the Lower Amazon and Lower Napo), Federacion del Bajo Amazona y Bajo Napo-Fepybaban (Federation of the Yagua People of the Lower Amazon and Lower Napo), Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TEXACO, INC., 2000 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, New York 10650, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 11, 2002.
Decided August 16, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cristóbal Bonifaz, Law Offices of Cristóbal Bonifaz (John C. Bonifaz, Steven Donziger on the brief), Amherst, MA; Sarah Altschuler, Tonya L. Putnam, Amherst, MA, law clerks; Joseph C. Kohn, Martin D'Urso, Craig Hillwig, Kohn Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA; Amy Damen, Sullivan & Damen, White Plains, NY; Arthur L. Berney, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA, on the brief, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Ronald C. Minkoff, Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan S. Abady, Emery Cuti Brinckerhoff & Abady, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, for the Republic of Ecuador, amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
J. Martin Wagner, EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA, submitted a brief for amicus curiae the Sierra Club in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Richard L. Herz, EarthRights International, Washington, DC, submitted a brief for amicus curiae EarthRights International in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
George S. Branch, King & Spalding (Daniel J. King, Richard T. Marooney, Jr., Jeanette M. Viggiano on the brief), Atlanta, GA and New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: CARDAMONE, LEVAL, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
LEVAL, Circuit Judge.
These are consolidated appeals from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Jed S. Rakoff, Judge) dismissing two putative class actions for forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs are residents of the Oriente region of Ecuador and an adjoining area in Peru. Defendant is Texaco, Inc. ("Texaco"), a United States-based oil company, which, at the pertinent...
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