Elly GROSS; Roman Neuberger; John Brand, in their individual capacities as thirdparty beneficiaries of the agreements leading to the establishment of the German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future", as representatives of all German Foundation beneficiaries; Sylvia Greenbaum, Appellants in 07-3726
v.
THE GERMAN FOUNDATION INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVE, and its constituent managing companies; Allianz AG; BASF AG; Bayer AG; BMW AG; Commerzbank AG; Daimlerchrysler AG; Deutsche Bank AG; Degussa-Huells AG; Deutz AG; Dresdner Bank AG; Friedr Krupp AG Hoesch Krupp; Hoechst AG; Rag AG; Robert Bosch GMBH, Siemens AG; Veba AG; Volkswagen AG, sued individually; and as members of the German Foundation Industrial Initiative Barbara Schwartz Lee; Bernard Lee, Appellants in 07-3727.
v.
Deutsche Bank, AG; Dresdner Bank, AG.
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Argued October 29, 2008.
Opinion Filed December 10, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Burt Neuborne, Esquire (Argued), New York University Law School, New York, NY, Agnieszka M. Fryszman, Esquire (Argued), Michael D. Hausfeld, Esquire, Kathleen M. Konopka, Esquire, Hilary K. Ratway, Esquire, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Lisa J. Rodriguez, Esquire, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Allyn Z. Lite, Esquire, Lite, Depalma, Greenberg & Rivas, Newark, NY, Attorneys for Appellants, Elly Gross, Barbara Schwartz Lee, and Bernard Lee.
Jeffrey Barist, Esquire (Argued), Sander Bak, Esquire, Felix Weinacht, Esquire, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellees, Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank.
Roger M. Witten, Esquire (Argued), Louis R. Cohen, Esquire, John A. Trenor, Esquire, Matthew E. Draper, Esquire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellees, Allianz AG, Bayer AG, Commerzbank AG, Degussa-Huells AG, Deutz AG, and Rag Ag.
Konrad L. Cailteux, Esquire, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee, BMW AG.
Bud G. Holman, Esquire, Paul Doyle, Esquire, Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee, DaimlerChrysler AG.
John J. Gibbons, Esquire, Terry Myers, Esquire, Thomas R. Valen, Esquire, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee, ThyssenKrupp AG.
Brant W. Bishop, Esquire, Oreste P. McClung, Esquire, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Street, N.W. Washington, DC, Attorney for Appellee, Siemens AG.
Thomas M. Mueller, Esquire, Mark D. McPherson, Esquire, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee, BASF AG.
Neil McDonell, Esquire, Brian E. McGunigle, Esquire, Deirdre Sheridan, Esquire, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee, Robert Bosch GmbH.
Daniel V. Gsovski, Esquire, Ian Ceresney, Esquire, Herzfeld & Rubin P.C., New York, NY, Attorney for Appellee, Volkswagen AG.
Before McKEE, NYGAARD, and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
MICHEL, Chief Circuit Judge.
At issue in this World War II reparations case is whether the Joint Statement of the Berlin Accords constitutes a privately enforceable contract between some of the participants to the Joint Statement. Appellants contend that the defendant German companies owe "interest" on their payments to a reparations fund created by the Berlin Accords. In a prior appeal to our court, we held that the claim presented...
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