Deutsch v. Turner Corp.
| Decision Date | 21 January 2003 |
| Docket Number | No. 01-17211.,No. 01-17210.,No. 01-17260.,No. 01-17230.,No. 01-17123.,No. 01-17265.,No. 01-17172.,No. 01-17197.,No. 01-17251.,No. 01-17195.,No. 00-56673.,No. 01-17207.,No. 01-17157.,No. 01-17124.,No. 01-17189.,No. 01-17499.,No. 01-17252.,No. 01-17204.,No. 01-17185.,No. 01-17116.,No. 01-17201.,No. 01-17243.,No. 01-17160.,No. 01-17155.,No. 01-17134.,No. 01-17203.,No. 01-17177.,No. 01-17115.,No. 01-17176.,00-56673.,01-17115.,01-17116.,01-17123.,01-17124.,01-17134.,01-17155.,01-17157.,01-17160.,01-17172.,01-17176.,01-17177.,01-17185.,01-17189.,01-17195.,01-17197.,01-17201.,01-17203.,01-17204.,01-17207.,01-17210.,01-17211.,01-17230.,01-17243.,01-17251.,01-17252.,01-17260.,01-17265.,01-17499. |
| Citation | 324 F.3d 692 |
| Parties | Josef Tibor DEUTSCH, an individual; Josef Tibor Deutsch, as the survivor of George Deutsch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TURNER CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation with corporate regional headquarters located in California; Kitchell Corporation USA, an Arizona Corporation authorized to do business in California; Hochtief AG, a German Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Woodrow M. Hutchison, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation; Mitsubishi Materials USA, a business association purporting to be a California corporation; Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi International Corporation, a business association purporting to be a New York corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., a business association purporting to be a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Lester I. Tenny, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsui & Co (USA), Inc, a business association purporting to be a New York Corporation; Mitsui Mining Co Ltd, a Japanese business association; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, a business association purporting to be a Delaware corp, Defendants-Appellees. Shirley M. Rubenstein; Julia E. Stevenson; Glen Leroy, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd; Ishihara Corporation, a California corporation; ISK Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Raymond Heimbuch; Vivian O. Johnson; William R. Lowe; Sam P. Buse; Alfred Berest; Edwin F. Lindros; Michael Bibin; J.S. Gray; Karl William Holt; Norman R. Matthews; Darrel D. Stark; Carmel Zipeto, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd, a Japanese business association; Ishihara Corporation; ISK Americas, Inc., a business association purporting to be a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Melody Solis, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nippon Steel Corporation, a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel Trading Co., Ltd., a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel USA Inc, a business association purporting to be a New York corporation; Nippon Steel Trading America, Defendants-Appellees. Harry Corre, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsui & Co. Ltd; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc.; Mitsui Mining USA Inc; Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Garth G. Dunn, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nippon Steel Corporation, a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel USA, a business association purporting to be a New York Corp., Defendants-Appellees, and Japan Iron & Steel, a Japanese business association; Yawata Iron & Steel, a Japanese business association; Fuji Iron & Steel, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Shoji; Sumitomo Corp.; Sumitomo Commercial Company, a Japanese business association, Defendants. James O. King, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nippon Steel Corp; Nippon Steel USA, Defendants-Appellees. Perfecto Llanza, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Alberto Saldejeno; Acelopio Galedo; Generoso Jacob; Ernesto Santo Domingo; Imelda Santo Domingo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Co (USA), Inc, a business association; Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Corporation; Nippon Steel Corp, a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel USA Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Alberto Saldajeno; Acelopio Galedo; Generoso Jacob, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated; Perfecto Llanza; Ernesto Santo Domingo; Imelda Santo Domingo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd, a Japanese business association; Ishihara Corporation (USA); Taiheiyo Cement, a Japanese business association; Onoda USA; Kreha Corporation of America, Inc.; Mitsui & Co. (USA); Showa Denko America, Inc.; Mitsui Mining USA Inc; Furukawa Electric North America, Inc.; Sumitomo Heavy Industries (USA); Nippon Steel USA Inc.; Mitsubishi International Corporation; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Ernesto Santo Domingo, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated; Imelda Santo Domingo, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd, a Japanese corporation; Ishihara Corporation U.S.A., California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Manuel A. Eneriz; Dexter Eneriz, Executor of the Estate of Manuel A. Eneriz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Company Ltd.; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc.; Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd.; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, Defendants-Appellees. Ralph Levenberg, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nippon Sharyo Ltd.; Nippon Sharyo USA., Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Harold W. Poole; Ernest Loy; Francis W. Agnes; Robert C. Clark; Clarence S. Kellogg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nippon Steel Corp, a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel Trading Co., Ltd., a business association purporting to be a New York corporation; Nippon Steel Trading America, a business association purporting to be a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Suk Yoon Kim, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Ltd.; IHI Inc.; Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.; Sumitomo Heavy Industries (USA) Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Zhenhuan Ma, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kajima Corporation; Kajima Construction Services, Inc.; Kajima Development Corporation; Kajima Engineering and Construction, Inc.; Kajima International, Inc.; Kajima U.S.A., Inc, Defendants-Appellees. Sa Son Sin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsui & Co, Ltd.; Mitsui & Co. (USA); Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; Paceco Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Ruben Resus; Carlos Cadenilla, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsui Bussan Kaisha; Mitsui & Co (USA), Inc; Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi International Corporation, a business corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc., a business association; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a Japanese association; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation, a business association; Sumitomo Corp., a Japanese business association; Sumitomo Corp. of America, a business association; Kureha Corporation of America, a business association; Furukawa Electric North America, Inc., a business association; Taiheiyo Cement, a Japanese business association; Onoda USA Inc., a business association; Showa Denko K K, a Japanese business association, Defendants-Appellees. Shang Ting Sung, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsui & Co, Ltd.; Mitsui & Co. (USA); Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi International Corporation; Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd.; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, Defendants-Appellees. Raymond Wheeler; Alec Charles Murphy; William Schmitt; Hendrick Zeeman; Tammerus Willem Carter Visscher; David Clarke; Willem Hendrik De Haan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Co. Ltd, a Japanese business association; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc., a business association; Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsui Mining USA Inc; Nippon Steel USA; Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi International Corp.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Jae Sik Choe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nippon Steel Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Frank A. Mente; Neville J. Booker, individually and on behalf of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Co. Ltd, a Japanese association, aka/Mitsui Bussan Kaisha; Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc., a business association; Nippon Steel Corporation, a Japanese corporation; Nippon Steel USA Inc., a business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi International Corporation, a business corporation, Defendants, and Mitsui Mining USA Inc, a business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc., a business association, Defendants-Appellees. Aizhu Su, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Chunsheng Tian, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsubishi Corporation, a corporation; Mitsubishi Corporation, a corporation; Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a corporation; Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd., a corporation; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc., a corporation; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Do Geun Oh; Eung Chang Lee; Yong Hae Lee, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Co., Ltd, a Japanese business association; Mitsui & Co. (USA), a business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., a business association; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation, a business association; Nippon Steel Corp, a Japanese business association; Nippon Steel USA, a business association; Showa Denko America, Inc., a business association; Showa Kogyo, a Japanese business association, Defendants-Appellees. Gloria Tyler Alfano; Madeline Felkins; Warren Carringer; Howard Friedman, Dr.; Richard Gordon, Maj.; Oakie Dent Pack, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc.; Mitsui Mining Company, Ltd.; Mitsui Mining USA Inc; Mitsubishi Corporation, a corporation; Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc., a Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. H. Joseph Terrence, aka Joseph E. Terfansky; Franklin D. Gross; Frederick M. Fullerton, Jr.; Erma L. Weimer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mitsui & CO., LTD., a Japanese business corporation aka Mitsui Bussan Kaisha; Mitsui & Company (USA), Inc., a business association; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, a business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a Japanese business association; Mitsubishi Materials USA Corporation, a business association; Mitsubishi Corporation, a business association; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., a business association, Defendants-Appellees. Arthur Titherington; Henry George Blackham; Fergus Dunsmore McGhie, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Japan Energy Corp, a Japanese business association; Japan Energy USA, a Delware Corporation; Irvine Scientific Sales, a California Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Finnie B. Price, On behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., a corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc.; Mitsubishi International Corporation, a corporation; Mitsui & Co (USA) Inc.; Mitsui & Co. Ltd., a corporation; Mitsui Mining Co Ltd; Mitsui Mining USA Inc, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
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