COOPER v. TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS

No. 19-55295.

960 F.3d 549 (2020)

Lindsay R. COOPER; James R. Sutton; Kim Gieseking; Charles A. Yarris; Robert M. Miller; Christopher G. Bittner; Eric Membrila; Judy Goodwin; Jennifer L. Micke; John W. Seelbach; Maurice D. Enis; Jaime L. Plym; Nathan J. Piekutowski; Carolyn A. White; Louie Viernes; Michael L. Sebourn; K.S., an infant by his father and natural guardian Michael L. Sebourn; Christian M. Ebueng; Paul J. Encinias; Daniel E. Hair; Adam W. Krutzler; David K. Malone; Robert Seligman; Eloi A. Whiteman; Jason D. Henry; Nellie Allen-Logan; Jami Beschorner; Nathan Canche; Nathan Criswell; Jason Troy Friel; Oscar Gonzalez; David Hahn; James Jackson; Jarrett Brady Johnston; Jonathan Medina; Adam Mintz; Mallory K. Morrow; William Netherton; Michelle Oden; Donald Rairigh; Christopher Rickard; Andrew Rivera; Steven Ray Simmons; Akeem Smith; Justin Spencer; Alan Spurling; Angel Torres; Anthony Garcia; Jasmine Allen; Rhonda Anbert; Susan Ash; Adam Armenta; Jinky M.A., individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Charliemagne T.A.; J.C.A., a minor by his mother as guardian ad litem Jinky M.A.; J.A., a minor by his mother as guardian ad litem Jinky M.A.; Dana Austin; Renar Awa; Josh Bane; Aramis Barrios; Trevor Beck; Markus Begay; Jordan Benoit; Jordan Bettencourt; Brett A. Bingham; Gunnar Borthick; Kenneth Cleo Boswell; James P. Bowen; Matthew Bradley; Nicolas Brewton; Nicolaus Brooks; Ryan S. Brown; Casey Brucklacher; Rebecca Brunet; Gerardo Bruing; Robin Calcaterra; Robby Canlas; Carlisi; Courtney Carmichael; Matthew Cartwright; Wayne Cassar; Fabian Cervantes; Melvin A. Chamberlain; Terance Chapman; William Chapman, Jr.; Annmarie Chessari; David Chitwood; George Cobb; Lori Lynn Cody; Keondice W. Cook; Angela Crabtree; Chad Croft; Brian Cross; Nicolas Crouch; Thomas Culberson; Vicent Curci; Honda Dagan; James Darnell; Janelle Darnell; Jason Dasilva; John Davis; Mark Decasa; Nichole M. Decatur; Martin Delgardillo; Tina Dibernardo; Brandon Dockery; J. D., a minor by his father as guardian ad litem Jeremy D.; Jeremy D.; Christian Doerr; Ian W. Dove; Jesse Dunn; Christina Duvall; Christian Joy Nagui Ebueng; Angel Escribano; Seth Eslin; Nicholas J. Feller; Kyle E. Felt; Teri Forza; Joel Fudge; Paul Gabby; Shane Gallagher; Zach Garner; John Oliver Gooch Iv; Kate Grace; Jennifer Guana; M. H., a minor by Allison D. Eyring her mother as guardian ad litem; Andrew Hajny; Robert Harewood; Daniel Patrick Harren; Joshua Harrigan; Chad Harris; Robert C. Hartage; Tiffany Hartman; Nicholas Helmstadt; Ashton Hemphill; Erin Herring; Cora E. Hill; Chad Holt; Neil Hopkins; Dylan Imgram; Nick Inca; Jedidiah Irons; Gerardo Irving; Blake Isaacs; the Estate of Theodore H., by Manuel Leslie as the administrator of the estate of Theodore H; Joanna Iloilo; Darius Jackson; Jessica Jackson; Christian A. Jessup; William Jones; Winston Jones; Leon Julian; Charles D. Kaiser; Daniel Kregstein; Zackary Kube; Shane M. Langnes; Daniel Lawvier; Robert Lehrman; Julian Leon; Mary Lokka; Nicole Look Fang; Alyssa Lopez; Zackery Louvers; Christopher Lowe; Alejandro Lusk; Cora Mae; Billy Markham; Alex Matin; Alfred McAllister; Dianna McCants; Thomas McCants; Cheneil McCarter; Tyler McDonald; Petina McIntosh; Ryan Menendez; Michael Mesigh; Samy Mohanie; Joel Monsalud; Leticia Morales; Kevin Morris; Colin Morrison; Timothy Muis; Jon Neumann; Mark Newman; Daniel Olsen, Officer; Chad Yarbrough; Anthony J. Yovanovic; Jonathan Zavitz; William Zeller; Michael Zitella; Mike Tisoy Orman; Christopher Peterson; Matthew Peterson; Alyssa Petterway; Keith Pottratz; Daniel Pretto; Ashley Ramirez; Tyler Ray Randrup; Susan Rodriquez; Branden Rucker; W. Rushby; Erica Ryan; David Sanchez; Dane Santo; Daisy M. Sarslow; Robert Seeligman; Benito G. Serentas, Jr.; Kelli Serio; Christopher Shamrell; Michael B. Shannon; Ryan Sivels; Joshua C. Smiley; Brandon Smith; Frances Fister Stoga; Byron Sy; Kelly Tannehill; Nigel Thompson; Chad Thorton; Michael Timko; Patricia Totemeier; James Trice; Darrel Usry; Mark Valdez; Osvaldo Vera; Kailee Victrum; Andrew Vodopija; Andrew Vrooman; Skyler Steven Warnock; Tawny Watson; Timothy J. Wendal; Ian Lee Wheaton; Tim White; Edward Joseph Wickle; Patrick Wight; Kristian William; Tim Woelky; Justin Wommack; Ronald Wright; Kiochi Yamazaki; A. G., an infant by her mother and natural guardian Kim Gieseking, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY HOLDINGS, INC., aka TEPCO; General Electric Company; Does, 1-200, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Cabral Bonner (argued) and Charles A. Bonner , Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner, Sausalito, California; John R. Edwards (argued) and Catharine E. Edwards , Edwards Kirby LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Paul C. Garner , Rancho Mirage, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark R. Yohalem (argued) and Gregory P. Stone , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

David J. Weiner (argued) and Sally L. Pei , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael D. Schissel , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York; for Defendant-Appellee General Electric Company.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) was damaged. Hundreds of United States servicemembers, deployed to provide relief to the victims, allege that they were exposed to radiation from the FNPP. The plaintiffs, servicemembers and their...

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