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SAREI v. RIO TINTO, PLC

Nos. 02-56256, 02-56390.

487 F.3d 1193 (2007)

Alexis Holyweek SAREI; Paul E. Nerau; Thomas Tamausi; Phillip Miriori; Gregory Kopa; Methodius Nesiko; Aloysius Moses; Rapheal Niniku; Gabriel Tareasi; Linus Takinu, Leo Wuis; Michael Akope; Benedict Pisi; Thomas Kobuko; John Tamuasi; Norman Mouvo; John Osani; Ben Korus; Namira Kawona; Joanne Bosco; John Pigolo; Magdalene Pigolo, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RIO TINTO, PLC; Rio Tinto Limited, Defendants-Appellees. Alexis Holyweek Sarei; Paul E. Nerau; Thomas Tamausi; Phillip Miriori; Gregory Kopa; Methodius Nesiko; Aloysius Moses; Rapheal Niniku; Gabriel Tareasi; Linus Takinu, Leo Wuis; Michael Akope; Benedict Pisi; Thomas Kobuko; John Tamuasi; Norman Mouvo; John Osani; Ben Korus; Namira Kawona; Joanne Bosco; John Pigolo; Magdalene Pigolo, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rio Tinto, PLC; Rio Tinto Limited, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Withdrawn December 11, 2003.

Reargued and Resubmitted June 23, 2005.

Filed April 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve W. Berman (argued), R. Brent Walton and Nicholas Styant-Browne, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Paul N. Luvera, Jr. and Joel D. Cunningham, Luvera, Barnett, Brindley, Beninger & Cunningham, Seattle, WA; and Paul Stocker, Mill Creek, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

James J. Brosnahan, Jack W. Londen (argued) and Peter J. Stern, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Charles E. Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.

Sir Ninian M. Stephen, Melbourne, Australia, and Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, Washington, D.C., as amici curiae in support of the defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.

John B. Bellinger, III, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Debra Wong Yang, Douglas N. Letter, Robert M. Loeb and Lewis S. Yelin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for the United States as amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellees/cross-appellants' petition for panel rehearing and for rehearing en banc.

John W. Spiegel, Kristin L. Myles, Daniel P. Collins and Daniel L. Geyser, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the National Foreign Trade Council as amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellees/cross-appellants' petition for panel rehearing and for rehearing en banc.

Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Craig E. Stewart, Caroline N. Mitchell and David L. Wallach, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for Chevron Corporation as amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellees/cross-appellants' petition for panel rehearing and for rehearing en banc.

Before: FISHER and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and MAHAN, District Judge.

ORDER

Rio Tinto's petition for rehearing and for rehearing en banc is granted in part. The majority opinion and dissent filed August 7, 2006, see Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC, 456 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir.2006), are hereby withdrawn. A superseding opinion and dissent will be filed concurrently with this order. Further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed.

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