John Doe I, Individually & As Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Child Baby Doe I, & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated; Jane Doe, I, on Behalf of Herself, As Administratrix of the Estate of Her Deceased Child Baby Doe I, & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated; John Doe Ii; John Doe Iii; John Doe Iv; John Doe V; Jane Doe Ii; Jane Doe Iii; John Doe Vi; John Doe Vii; John Doe Viii; John Doe Ix; John Doe X; John Doe Xi, on Behalf of Themselves & All Others Similarly Situated & Louisa Benson on Behalf of Herself & the General Public, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Unocal Corporation, a California Corporation; Total S.a., a Foreign Corporation; John Imle, an Individual; Roger C. Beach, an Individual, Defendants-appellees.john Roe Iii; John Roe Vii; John Roe Viii; John Roe X, Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Unocal Corporation; Union Oil Company of California, Defendants-appellees, 403 F.3d 708 (9th Cir. 2005)

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US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 403 F.3d 708 (9th Cir. 2005) April 13, 2005

Julie Shaprio, Esq., Tacoma, WA, Anne Richardson, Esq., Hadsell & Stormer, Pasadena, CA, Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Elkins Park, PA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jennifer Green, Esq., New York, NY, Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun, Desimone, Seplow, Harris and Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA, Katharine J. Redford, Esq., Wellesley, MA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Defendants-Appellees.

Edwin V. Woodsome, Jr., Esq., Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP., O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P., Peter H. Mason, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, RYMER, T.G. NELSON, TASHIMA, GRABER, McKEOWN, W. FLETCHER, FISHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The parties' stipulated motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The appeals (00-56603, 00-56628, 00-57195, and 00-57197) are dismissed with prejudice. Each party is to bear its own costs.

The Appellants' Unopposed Motion to Vacate District Court Opinion, a motion in which Appellees join, is GRANTED. The district court opinion in Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000), is VACATED.

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