CHAVEZ v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.

Docket No. 18-1120-cv August Term, 2018.

8 F.4th 91 (2021)

Tobias Bermudez CHAVEZ, Gerardo Antonio Fonesca Torres, Franklin Guillen Salazar, Garcia Montes Jose Gabino, Mariano De Los Angeles Pizarro, Antonio Osorno Osorno, Eusebio Perez Dinartes, Angel Naptali Agila Salinas, Jose Vicente Campos Del Peso, Gabriel Rodolfo Campove Arce, Jose Antonio E. Espinoza, Manuel Isaias Estrada Mosquera, Pedro Ramon Garcia Villon, Manuel Jesus Inga Dominguez, Jose Virgilio Lopez Correa, Juan Bautista Norieg Moreira, Angel Rafael Romero Castro, Julian Gonzalo Suarez Del Rosario, Sixto Torres Farias, Teodoro Fernando Unamun Coronel, Idelfonso Arauz Arauz, Hector Arcia, Santos Camarena-Caballero, Fulvio Cesar Chavez Suira, Jose Antonio Gonzale Hernandez, Valentin Montero Mendez, Justo German Oporto Vilchez, Julio Sevilla Flores, Felix Vargas Rodriguez, Leocadio Zurdo Amador, Julio Abrego Abrego, Bernardo Abrego Jorieto, Simon Abrego Pineda, Onchi Abrego Quintero, Dilvio Alvarez Moreno, Juan Choly Aparicio, Francisco Del Socorro Bat Mora, Celio Bonilla Valdez, Pedro Briceno Escalante, Santiago Castilo Castillo, Liberato Castilo Castillo, Gerardo Deleon Zapata, Abnego Guillermo Dugel Williams, Felicimo Duguel Michi, Manuel Gonzales Sanchez, Ernesto Guadamuz, Hilario Julian Milton, Ricardo Adolfo Maldonad Smith, Jose Miranda Nico, Pancho Molina Acuna, Ramon Abrego, Lorenzo Morales Morales, Julio Moreno Montezuma, Mario Munoz Santos, Alejandro Palacio Pineda, Genito Quintero Gonzalez, Gregorio Ellington, Dionicio Santiago Abrego, Simon Santos Villagra, Julio Santos Santos, Napoleon Serrano Niti, Victoriano Serrano Chico, Samuel Smith Smith, Samuel Taylor Era, Demetrio Williams Jimenez, Sebastian Williams Migar, Alvarado Alfarfo Miguel Francisco, Edgar Arroyo Gonzalez, Marcelo Corea Corea, Jose Daiz Benavidez, Gonzalez Marin Marvin, Miguel Angel Morales Guzman, Rodrigo Quiros Chavarria, Guiller Sandre Reyes Mora, Vega Ugalde Norman, Florentino Gilberto Alciba Montesarrate, Tomas Gilberto Asunci Quimi, Odilo Castro Lopez, Jose Santiago Loja Alvarado, Ricardo Alberto Orrala Ramirez, Jose Nicanor Pacheco Urgiles, Luis Alfonso Paladin Illescas, Manuel Jose Porras Alvarez, Jose Leoncio Pucha Villamagua, Leopoldo Mauricio Quezad Vitonera, Germasn Eleuterio Ramir Oyola, Eugenio De Jesus Vivar Sanchez, Esteban Garcia Acosta, Mariano Gonzalez Pitti, Hector Gutierrez Victoria, Willfredo Miranda Patino, Juan Dedios Quintero, Mario Reyes Saldana, Daniel Rodriguez Madrid, Arcenio Rodriguez Gallardo, Fermin Romero De Leon, Javier Enrique Rubio Morales, Margarito Salinas Mojica, Basilio Salinas Mojica, Lino Villarreal Concepcion, Jorge Luis Aguilar Mora, Carlos Aguirre Flores Alvarez, Juan Jose Arguello Jimenez, Jose Bustos Oses, Rafael Bustos Bustos, German Fallas Herrera, Elizondo Guarin Eduardo, Federico Clever Montero Salas, Julian Alvarez Jovino, Nertor Evelino Cacay Cordova, Jose Dario Chica Romero, Mariano Cruz Jimenez Guanoquiza, Alcides Humberto Lupu Reyes, Manuel Benigno Ortis, Miguel Angel Quito Arevalo, Gregorio Juan Torres Tenesaca, Francisco Oswaldo Villacr Mendoza, Eulogio Apologio Zambra Otero, Alcides Baules Rodriguez, Laudino Caballero Rios, Agripino Camarena Cedeno, Domingo Castillo Morales, Daniel Cension Camano, Daniel Espinosa Mitre, Oscar Alexis Gantes Arauz, Cesar Augusto Gonzale Caballero, Eduardo Gonzalez Caballero, Enedicto Jimenez Miranda, Rafael Martinez Gonzalez, Aurelio Miranda Diaz, Marcos Morales Gutierrez, Abraham Moreno Concepcion, Juan Adolfo Olivero Mague, Leopoldo Pena Sanjur, Paulino Pitty Sanchez, Luis Enrique Navarro Quintero, Catalino Rosales Pineda, Nicolas Santos Montenegro, Catalino Serrud, Santos Torres Pinzon, Aquilino Vigil Sanchez, Edwin Aguero Jimenez, Jorge Aguero Retana, Alberto Conejo Chacon, Didier Cordero Cisneros, Estanislao Cruz Cruz, Miguel Antonio Diaz Cordero, Dogaberto Esquivel Valdelomar, Jose Gamboa Castillo, Marcos Goluboay Mejias, Roger Antonio Lopez Zamora, Rufino Matarrita Moreno, Jose Fabio Nunez Castro, Carlos Luis Pereira Orozco, Francisco Pereira Ramirez, Carlos Manuel Quiros Zuniga, William Feliciano Rodriguez, Jose Angel Rojas Barquero, Hernan Solano Castro, Rafael Solano Saborio, Mario Torres Mora, Rafael Valderrama Granados, Greivin Valencia Lopez, Melecio Varela Soto, Victor Vargas Arias, Nixon Modesto Alvarad Vasquez, Roberto William Barona Benites, Lauro Olmedo Chacon Quichimbo, Francisco Domingo Contrer Espinoza, Epifanio Archibaldo Corn Leon, Manuel Guaicha Cardenas, Juan De Jesus Huerta Mosquera, Miguel Angel Iniguez Ochoa, Hugo Eberio Leon Velez, Milton Medardo Maza Vivanco, Rosario Avelino Nicanor Virgilio, Galo Miguel Orbe Valencia, Jose Nicanor Pacheco Urgiles, Erick Franklin Palomi Romero, Angel Rafael Romero Castro, Luis Vinicio Salvati Villa, Miguel Angel Saraguro, Jose Fernando Sarmie Cabrera, Luis Gilberto Vasque Lopez, Eugenio Apolinario Vill Primitivo, Mauro Gregorio Zerda Guerra, Belisario Atencio Munoz, Luis Alberto Barria Arauz, Benedicto Corella Vasquez, Humberto Del Cid Quintero, Abel Gallardo Concepcion, Alcibiades Gomez Quiel, Ciro Gutierrez Cortez, Salvador Millan Penalba, Manuel Mayorga Moredibu, Felix Antonio Quiroz Morante, Emiliano Vega Morales, Gonzalez Araya Franklin, German Eduardo Bravo Valderramos, Edwin Cerdas Masis, Jorge Luis Cordero Baquero, Johnny Espinoza Gamboa, Esney Hernandez Fajardo, Jimenez Ramirez Gilberto, Alvarado Rodriguez Wilbert, Jose Manuel Salazar Brenes, Audit Vargas Robles, Elvin Vargas Blanco, Rolando Villegas Jimenez, Elevio Vindas Zamora, Douglas Rolando Sanchez, Vicente Barria Arauz, Genaro Bonilla Quintero, Noel Enrique Valdes Rodriguez, Mario Esteban Caceras Hernandez, Tomas Alberto Cedeno Rodriguez, Wilfredo Gomez Vargas, Evidelio Gonzalez Acosta, Edwin Enuvin Guerra Gonzalez, Juan Dedios Bautista Sanchez, Ronaldo Morales Vargas, Lionex Morales Montenegro, Alberto Pineda Marquinez, Rafael Pineda Marquinez, Felix Antonio Pineda Espinosa, Erick Elias Pineda Jurado, Pablo Rivera Buicobo, Israel Sanchez Gonzalez, Adolfo Vega Guerra, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Individually and as a Successor to Other Occidental Chemical Company Other Occidental Chemical Agricultural Products Inc. Other Hooker Chemical And Plastics Other Occidental Chemical Company of Texas Other Best Fertilizer Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Elwood , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC ( D. Ferguson McNiel, III , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX, Timothy Jay Houseal , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Jonathan S. Massey , Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC ( Paul J. Berks , Massey & Gail LLP, Chicago, IL, Scott M. Hendler , Hendler Flores Law PLLC, Austin, TX, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: Sack, Raggi, and Carney, Circuit Judges.


Over the course of nearly three decades, this and related putative class actions have wended their way through United States federal and state courts. We rely on and incorporate here by reference the background and procedural histories of these cases as set forth at length in our prior opinion. Chavez v. Occidental Chem. Corp., 933 F...

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