GROSSHANDELS-UND LAGEREI-BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFT, Berufsgenossenschaft der Chemischen Industrie, Bundesversicherungsanstalt, für Angestellte, and Verwaltungsberufsgenossenschaft, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPERTIES, LLC, United Airlines, Inc., AMR Corp., American Airlines, Inc., also known as American Eagle, Globe Aviation Services, Inc., Huntleigh USA Corporation, Boeing Company, Argenbright Security Inc., Burns International Security Services Corp., Burns International Services Corp., Globe Airport Security Services, Inc., UAL Corporation, and ICTS International NV, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: November 9, 2005.
Decided: January 11, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth F. McCallion, McCallion & Associates, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Charles E. Koob, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, N.Y. (Joseph F. Wayland, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Argenbright Security, Inc.
Richard A. Williamson, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP (Gerald G. Paul and Wolfgang A. Dase, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee World Trade Center Properties LLC.
Desmond T. Barry, Jr., Condon & Forsyth LLP, New York, N.Y. (Roger E. Podesta, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees AMR Corp. and American Airlines, Inc.
James P. Connors, Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull P.C., New York, N.Y. (Paul V. Kelly, Kelly, Libby & Hoopes, P.C., Boston, MA; Gary W. Westerberg, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees Globe Airport Security Services, Inc. and Globe Aviation Services Inc.
Timothy Welch, Mendes & Mount LLP, New York, N.Y. (H. Lee Godfrey, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Huntleigh USA Corp.
Michael R. Feagley, Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL (Jeffrey J. Ellis, Quirk & Bakalor, P.C., New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees UAL Corporation and United Airlines, Inc.
Jon Paul Robbins, McLaughlin & Stern LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee ICTS International NV.
Thomas J. McLaughlin, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA (Lee S. Richards III, Richards Spears Kibbe & Orbe LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant Boeing Company.
Robert I. Goodman, Ryebrook, NY, for amici curiae Federal Republic of Germany and the German Federation of Institutions for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Before: CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
WESLEY, Circuit Judge.
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