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AL-QARQANI v. CHEVRON CORP.

No. 19-17074.

8 F.4th 1018 (2021)

Waleed Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood AL-QARQANI; Ahmed Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani; Shaha Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani; Naoum Al-Doha Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al Hood Al-Qarqani; Nisreen Mustafa Jawad Zikri, Petitioners-Appellants, v. CHEVRON CORPORATION; Chevron USA Inc., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Chung (argued), Chung Malhas & Mantel PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Thomas G. Hungar (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Charles J. Stevens and Stephen Henrick , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California; Randy M. Mastro , Anne Champion , and Akiva Shapiro , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York; Christian Leathley and Scott Balber , Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, New York; for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Paul J. Kelly, Jr. and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In 1949, the government of Saudi Arabia transferred certain land in that country to an official named Khalid Abu Al-Waleed Al-Hood Al-Qarqani, who leased it to an affiliate of what later became Chevron Corporation. Five of Al-Qarqani's heirs now claim that Chevron owes them billions of dollars in rent. The...

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