IN RE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LITIGATION

MDL No. 1499(JES), 02 Civ. 4712(JES), 02 Civ. 6218(JES), 02 Civ. 10062(JES), 03 Civ. 1023CJES), 03 Civ. 1024(JES), 03 Civ. 1025(JES), 03 Civ. 1026(JES), 03 Civ. 4524UES).

346 F.Supp.2d 538 (2004)

In re: SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LITIGATION. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Citigroup, Inc., et al., Defendants. Hermina Digwamaje, et al., Plaintiffs, v. IBM Corporation, et al., Defendants. Frank Brown, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Amdahl Corp., et al., Defendants. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Oerlikon Contraves AG, et al., Defendants. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Holcim Ltd., et al., Defendants. Lungisile NTSEBEZA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Schindler AG, et al., Defendants. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EMS AG, et al., Defendants. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Exxon Mobil Corporation, et al., Defendants. Lungisile Ntsebeza, et al., Plaintiffs, v. American Isuzu Motors Inc., et al., Defendants. Khulumani, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Barclays National Bank Ltd., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fagan & Associates, Short Hills, NJ (Edward D. Fagan, of counsel), for Ntsebeza Plaintiffs.

Nagel Rice Dreifuss & Mazie, Livingston, NJ (Diane E. Sammons, of counsel), for Ntsebeza Plaintiffs.

Law Offices of Paul M. Ngobeni, East Hartford, CT (Paul M. Ngobeni, of counsel), for Digwamaje Plaintiffs.

Law Offices of Kweku J. Hanson, Hartford, CT (Kweku J. Hanson, of counsel), for Digwamaje Plaintiffs.

Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC (Michael D.

Hausfeld, Agnieszka M. Fryszman, of counsel), for Khulumani Plaintiffs.

Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., New York, NY (Linda P. Nussbaum, of counsel), for Khulumani Plaintiffs.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY (Ronald S. Rolfe, Francis P. Barron, David Greenwald, of counsel), for Defendant UBS AG.

White & Case LLP, New York, NY (Owen C. Pell, Karen M. Asner, of counsel), for Defendant Citigroup, Inc.

Covington & Burling, Washington, DC (Robert N. Sayler, Donald Ridings, Jr., Sean Reid, of counsel), for Defendant Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.

Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC (Paul R. Friedman, William F. Sheehan, William R. Kirschner, of counsel), for Defendant General Elec. Co.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York, NY (James T. Conlon, of counsel), for Defendant Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., New York, NY (Terry Myers, Anthony A. Dean, Thomas Valen, Jennifer A. Hradil, of counsel), for Defendants Commerzbank AG and Dresdner Bank AG.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY (Evan R. Chesler, of counsel), for Defendant E.I. Dupont de Nemours.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY (Rory 0. Millson, of counsel), for Defendant Shell Oil Co.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY (Sandra C. Goldstein, of counsel), for Defendant Xerox Corp.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY (Keith R. Humel, of counsel), for Defendant IBM.

Jones Day, New York, NY (Jayant W. Tambe, Cleveland, OH and Robert S. Walker, of counsel), for Defendant General Motors.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC (Thomas D. Yannucci, P.C., Christopher Landau, Brant W. Bishop, Susan Kearns, of counsel), for Defendant Honeywell Intern., Inc.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY (James W. Quinn, Arvin Maskin, Konrad L. Cailteux, Nina Nagler, of counsel), for Defendant ExxonMobil Corp.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY (Jeffrey Barist, Jeffrey Nagel, of counsel), for Defendant Deutsche Bank AG.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY (Peter C. Hein, Michael A. Charish, of counsel), for Defendant Colgate-Palmolive.

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY (Bud Holman, Kevin J. Walsh, Michael C. Lynch, of counsel), for Defendant National Westminster Bank Pic.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC (John H. Beisner, John F. Niblock, of counsel), for Defendants Bank of America, N.A., Dow Chemical Co., and Ford Motor Co.

Lovells, New York, NY (Gary S. Lee, Marc J. Gottridge, of counsel), for Defendant Barclays Bank Plc.

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC (Alan M. Grimaldi, Patricia G. Butler, of counsel), for Defendant Coca-Cola Co.

Clifford Chance U.S. LLP, New York, NY (Joseph P. Cyr, Rae Lindsay, of counsel), for Defendant J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY (Frederick T. Davis, of counsel), for Defendant Credit Agricole Indosuez.

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA (Michael J. Holston, John F. Schultz, Kristofor T. Henning, of counsel), for Defendant Hewlett-Packard Co.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY (Jerome S. Hirsch, Susan L. Saltzstein, of counsel), for Defendant DaimlerChryler Corp.

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC (Graeme W. Bush, of counsel), for Defendant EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc.

Jones Day, New York, NY (Jayant W. Tambe, San Francisco, CA, Robert A. Mittelstaedt, of counsel), for Defendant ChevronTexaco Corp. and Chevron Texaco Global Energy.

Malaby, Carlisle & Bradley LLC, New York, NY (William J. Mendrzycki, of counsel), for Defendant American Isuzu Motors Inc.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, New York, NY (Thomas M. Mueller, Michael 0. Ware, of counsel), for Defendant Nestle USA, Inc.

Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC (David J. Cynamon, Alex C. Lakatos, of counsel), for Defendant Holcim (US) Inc.

Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY (Mark P. Ladner, Oliver P. Metzger, of counsel), for Defendant Fujitsu Limited.

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York, NY (Roger M. Witten, of counsel), for Defendant Credit Suisse Group.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, (John L. Warden, Bruce E. Clark, of counsel), for Defendant BP plc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPRIZZO, District Judge.

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

Three groups of plaintiffs led by Lungisile Ntsebeza ("Ntsebeza plaintiffs"),1 Hermina Digwamaje ("Digwamaje plaintiffs"), and the Khulumani Support Group ("Khulumani plaintiffs") (collectively "plaintiffs"), respectively, filed the above actions in eight federal district courts against a slew of multinational corporations that did business...

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