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DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. CALDERON

No. 04-56582.

422 F.3d 827 (2005)

The DOW CHEMICAL CO.; Shell Oil Company; Shell Chemical Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeronimo Anibal Florian CALDERON; Reynaldo Dionisio Garcia Gomez; Esteban Roberto Romero Martinez; Jose Eugenio Vivas Espino; Julio Alberto Calvo Rojas; Juan Obaldo Martinez Gonzalez; Francisco Valerio Gomez Meneses; Rene Joaquin Montesino Hernandez; Marcos Antonio Caceres Opinion Martinez; Santiago Cristobal Mung Zavala; Osmar Danilo Espinales Reyes; Sixto Tercero; Juan Irene Villalobos; Ramiro Jose Garcia; Venancio Antonio Hernandez; Justino Nicolas Medina; Joel Epifanio Caballero Barrera; Adolfina Del Carmen Candia Rodriguez; Adolfina Del Carmen Candia Aguirre; Aura Estela Palma Castro; Florentina Maradiaga Rodriguez; Albertina Ortega Oviedo; Filomena Zamora Rojas; Lidia Del Carmen Romero Franco; Lastenia Rogelio Acuna Gonzales, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Foradas, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, argued the case for the appellants and was on the briefs of the appellants, as attorney for The Dow Chemical Company.

Gabriela I. Monahan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, and C. Robert Boldt, Rick Richmond, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Michael L. Brem, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, were also on the briefs of the appellants, as attorneys for the same party.

David W. Ogden, Jennifer M. O'Connor, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, and Christopher Tayback, Quinn, Emanual, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA, were on the briefs of the appellants, as attorneys for the Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical Company.

Howard Miller, Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA, argued the case and was on the briefs for the appellees. Walter J. Lack, Paul A. Traina, Sean A. Topp, Engstrom, Lipsomb & Lack, Los Angeles, CA, and Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi & Keese, Los Angeles, CA, were also on the briefs of the appellees.

Before REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

BERZON, Circuit Judge.

The Dow Chemical Company, Shell Oil Company, and Shell Chemical Company ("the Companies") sued more than a thousand Nicaraguan citizens ("the Nicaraguans") in federal district court in California. The Companies seek a declaration that (1) they are not liable for any injuries to the Nicaraguans caused by dibromochloropropane, a toxic pesticide commonly known as "DBCP"; and (2) any judgments of Nicaraguan...

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