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REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR v. CHEVRON CORP.

Docket Nos. 10-1020-cv (L), 10-1026 (Con).

638 F.3d 384 (2011)

REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR, Petitioner-Appellant, Daniel Carlos Lusitand Yaiguaje, Venancio Freddy Chimbo Chefa, Miguel Mario Payaguaje Payaguaje, Teodoro Gonzalo Piaguaje Payaguaje, Simon Lusitande Yaiguaje, Armando Wilmer Piaguaje Payaguaje, Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje, Fermin Piaguaje, Luis Agustin Payagua Piaguaje, Emilio Martin Lusitand Yaiguaje, Reinaldo Lusitande Yaiguaje, Maria Victoria Aguind Salazar, Carlos Grega Huatatoca, Catalina Antonia Aguinda Salazar, Lidia Alexandria Agui Aguinda, Clide Ramiro Aguinda Aguinda, Luis Armando Chimbo Yumbo, Beatriz Mercedes Grefa Tanguila, Lucio Enrique Grefa Tanguila, Patricio Wilson Aguinda Aguinda, Patricio Alberto Chimbo Yumbo, Segundo Angel Amanta Milan, Francisco Matias Alvarado Yumbo, Olga Gloria Grefa Cerda, Narcisa Tanguila Narvaez, Bertha Yumbo Tanguila, Lucrecia Tanguila Grefa, Francisco Victor Tanguila Grefa, Rosa Teresa Chimbo Tanguila, Maria Clelia Reascos Revelo, Heleodoro Pataron Guaraca, Celia Irene Viveros Cusangua, Lorenzo Jose Alvarado Yumbo, Francisco Alvarado Yumbo, Jose Gabriel Revelo Llore, Luiza Delia Tanguila Narvaez, Jose Miguel Ipiales Chicaiza, Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo, Maria Magdalena Rodriguez, Elias Piyahuaje Piyahuaje, Lourdes Beatris Chimbo Tanguila, Octavio Cordova Huanca, Celia Irene Viveros Cusangua, Guillermo Payaguaje Lucitande, Alfredo Payaguaje, Delfin Payaguaje, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON CORPORATION, Texaco Petroleum Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene C. Schaerr ( Eric W. Bloom , Lauren M. Butcher , Gregory L. Ewing , C. MacNeil Mitchell , on the brief), Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC and New York, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jonathan S. Abady ( Ilann M. Maazel , O. Andrew F. Wilson , on the brief), Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Randy M. Mastro ( Edward G. Kehoe , Daniel J. King , King & Spalding, New York, New York, Scott A. Edelman , Thomas G. Hungar , on the brief), Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York, Los Angeles, CA, and Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel A. Cohen , Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Emergency Committee for American Trade and National Association of Manufacturers in support of Defendants-Appellees.

Carter G. Phillips , Kathleen M. Mueller , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Robin S. Conrad , Amar D. Sarwal , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Defendants-Appellees.

Before: JACOBS, Chief Judge, POOLER and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

For nearly seventeen years, in litigation spanning two continents and numerous courtrooms, a group of Ecuadorian citizens ("Plaintiffs") have sought relief for environmental devastation allegedly caused by defendant-appellee Texaco Petroleum Company's ("TexPet") oil exploration and drilling operations in the Ecuadorian rainforest. In 2001, the district court (Jed S. Rakoff, Judge) dismissed Plaintiffs' initial action on Chevron...

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