BAKALIAN v. CENT. BANK OF REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

No. 13-55664, No. 13-55742, No. 13-55765, No. 13-55804.

932 F.3d 1229 (2019)

Alex BAKALIAN; Anais Haroutunian; Rita Mahdessian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CENTRAL BANK OF the REPUBLIC OF TURKEY; T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, Defendants-Appellees. David Davoyan, Administrator of the Estate of Garbis Tavit Davoyan; Hrayr Turabian, individually on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Republic of Turkey, Defendant, and The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey; T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, Defendants-Appellees. Alex Bakalian; Rita Mahdessian; Anais Haroutunian, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey; T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, Defendants-Appellants. David Davoyan, Administrator of the Estate of Garbis Tavit Davoyan, Deceased; Hrayr Turabian, individually on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Republic of Turkey, Defendant, and The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey; T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Lee Boyd (argued) and Thomas B. Watson , McKool Smith Hennigan PC, Los Angeles, California; Rajika L. Shah , Kristen L. Nelson , Schwarcz Rimberg Boyd & Rader LLP, Los Angeles, California; Vartkes Yeghiayan , Yeghiayan Law Corp. P.C., Glendale, California; Michael J. Bazyler and Kristen L. Nelson , ALC Lawyers PC, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Alex Bakalian, Anais Haroutunian, and Rita Mahdessian.

Mark J. Geragos (argued) and Tina Glandian , Los Angeles, California; Stanley D. Saltzman and Adam M. Tamburelli , Marlin & Saltzman LLP, Agoura Hills, California; Brian Kabateck , Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP, Los Angeles, California; Frank Pitre , John Thyken , and Ara Jabagchourian , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Burlingame, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees David Davoyan and Hrayr Turabian.

Neil Michael Soltman (argued), Christopher P. Murphy , and Matthew H. Marmolejo , Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, California; David Saltzman , Saltzman & Evinch PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Charles Rothfeld , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha S. Berzon, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

From 1915 to 1923, in what is often referred to as the Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman Empire massacred, forcibly expelled, or marched to death 1.5 million of its Armenian citizens, seizing the property of the dead and deported.1 In 2010, the plaintiffs in these consolidated actions...

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