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IN RE WORLD TRADE CENTER LOWER MANHATTAN DISASTER

Nos. 15-2181-cv(L), 15-2283-cv(Con), 15-2285-cv(Con), 15-2487-cv(Con), 15-2506-cv(Con), 15-2687-cv(Con), August Term, 2016.

892 F.3d 108 (2018)

IN RE: WORLD TRADE CENTER LOWER MANHATTAN DISASTER SITE LITIGATION. Stanislaw Faltynowicz, Lucyna Foremska, Ruben Acosta, Vladmir Akoulov, Waldemar Balcer, Joaquin Campuzano, Henryk Ciborowski, Jan Dobrowolski, Marek Glowaty, Eugeniusz Jastrzebowski, Zbigniew Kucharski, Maria Moreno, Irena Perzynaska, Marian Retelski, Dariusz Wszolkowski, Boguslaw Zalewski, Plaintiffs-Appellants, State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Battery Park City Authority, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Santiago Alvear, Plaintiff-Appellant, State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Battery Park City Authority, Defendant-Appellee. Peter Curley, Mary Ann Curley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Battery Park City Authority, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Questions Certified: January 19, 2017.

Certified Questions Answered: November 21, 2017.

Supplemental Briefing Concluded: April 25, 2018.

Decided: June 6, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Supplemental briefing submitted by: Gregory J. Cannata , Gregory J. Cannata & Associates, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Stanislaw Faltynowicz, Lucyna Foremska, Ruben Acosta, Vladmir Akoulov, Waldemar Balcer, Joaquin Campuzano, Henryk Ciborowski, Jan Dobrowolski, Marek Glowaty, Eugeniusz Jastrzebowski, Zbigniew Kucharski, Maria Moreno, Irena Perzynaska, Marian Retelski, Dariusz Wszolkowski, Boguslaw Zalewski.

Paul J. Napoli , Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Santiago Alvear, Peter Curley, Mary Ann Curley.

Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric Del Pozo , Assistant Solicitor General, Andrew W. Amend , Senior Assistant Solicitor General, for Barbara D. Underwood, Acting Attorney General for the State of New York, New York, NY, for Intervenor-Appellant State of New York.

Daniel S. Connolly , Bracewell LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Battery Park City Authority.

Before: Lynch and Droney, Circuit Judges, and Reiss, District Judge.

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