WIWA v. ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO.

Nos. 96 Civ. 8386 (KMW) (HBP), 01 Civ. 1909 (KMW) (HBP).

626 F.Supp.2d 377 (2009)

Ken WIWA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO., et al., Defendants. Ken Wiwa, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brian Anderson, Defendant.

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

April 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abby Lynn Rubinson, Earthrights International, Brooklyn, NY, Jennifer M. Green, Maria Couri Lahood, Jonathan Gaynor Kaufman, Earthrights International, New York, NY, Marco Benjamin Simons, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, Judith Brown Chomsky, Law Office of Judith Brown Chomsky, Elkins Park, PA, Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, CA, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, West Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs.

Agnieszka Maria Fryszman, Cohen, Milst4ein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs/Defendants.

Rory O. Millson, Michael T. Reynolds, Thomas G. Rafferty, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.


ORDER

KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.

Defendants Shell Petroleum, N.V.; Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd.; and Brian Anderson ("Defendants") in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 96 Civ. 8386, and Wiwa v. Brian Anderson, 01 Civ.1909 (collectively, "Wiwa") move, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction the claims brought by the Wiwa plaintiffs ("Plaintiffs...

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