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GROSS v. THE GERMAN FOUND. INDUS. INITIATIVE

Civ. No. 02-2936(DRD).

499 F.Supp.2d 606 (2007)

Elly GROSS, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. THE GERMAN FOUNDATION INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVE; and Allianz AG; Basf AG; Bayer AG; BMW AG; Commerzbank AG; DaimlerChrysler AG; Degussa-Huls AG; Deutsche Bank AG; Deutz AG; Dresdner Bank AG; Hoechst AG; Rag AG; Robert Bosch GmbH; Siemens AG; Veba AG; ThyssenKrupp AG; and Volkswagen AG, jointly and severally in their respective capacities as principals, founders, and alter egos of the German Foundation Industrial Initiative, Defendants. Barbara Schwartz Lee and Bernard Lee, Plaintiffs, v. Deutsche Bank, AG, and Dresdner Bank, AG, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 15, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allyn Z. Lite, Esq., Lite Depalma Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, Burt Neuborne, Esq., Milberg Weiss, Esq., Melvyn I. Weiss, Esq., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs, Elly Gross, et al.

Lisa J. Rodriguez, Esq., Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Agnieszka Frysman, Esq., Hillary Ratway, Esq., George Farah, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs, Barbara Schwartz Lee and Bernard Lee.

John J. Gibbons, Esq., Terry Myers, Esq., Thomas R. Valen, Esq., Jeffrey L. Nagel, Esq., Gibbons, P.C., Newark, NJ, Defense Liaison Counsel, for Defendants, Degussa AG, ThyssenKrupp AG; Local Counsel for Allianz AG, BASF AG, Bayer AG, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutz AG, Dresdner Bank AG, RAG AG, Robert Bosch GmbH.

Neil McDonnell, Esq., Brian E. McGunigle, Esq., Deirdre Sheridan, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant, Robert Bosch GmbH.

Daniel Gsvoski, Esq., Ian Ceresney, Esq., Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant Volkswagen AG.

Jeffrey L. Chase, Esq., Chase Kurshan Herzfeld & Rubin, LLC, Livingston, NJ, for Defendant Volkswagen AG.

Bud G. Holman, Esq., Paul Doyle, Esq., Kelley Dye & Warren LLP, Parsippany, NJ, for Defendant, Daimler Chrysler AG.

Brant W. Bishop, Esq., Susan Engel, Esq., Oreste P. McClung, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant, Siemens AG.

Keith G. Von (Hahn, Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Newark, NJ, for Defendant, Siemens AG.

Thomas M. Mueller, Esq., Mark D. McPherson, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant, BASF.

Jeffrey Barist, Esq., Sander Bak, Esq., J. Ryan Miller, Esq., Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Deutsche Bank AG and Dresdner Bank AG.

Konrad L. Cailteux, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Bayerische Motoren Werke AG.

Rosemary J. Bruno, Esq., Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, P.C., Newark, NJ, for Defendant, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG.

Roger M. Witten, Esq., Louis R. Cohen, Esq., John A. Trenor, Esq., David W. Bowker, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants, Allianz SE, Bayer AG, Commerzbank AG, Deutz AG, and RAG AG.

Eric M. Rubin, Esq., Walter E. Diercks, Esq., Max Riederer von Paar, Esq., Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Federal Republic of Germany.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

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    I.  Introduction .......................................................608
   II.  Background .........................................................610
  III.  Procedural History .................................................617
   IV.  Gross Plaintiffs...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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