United States Ninth Circuit
HILAO v. ESTATE OF FERDINAND MARCOS, 03-16934
In a settlement agreement involving a class of plaintiffs who had sued for violations of their human rights, Defendant-Republic of the Philippines's appeal to vacate the settlement is dismissed where, as a nonparty, it lacks standing to challenge the agreement.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/03/2004
- Decided 12/28/2004
- Published 12/28/2004
Judges
- GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before: BRUNETTI, GRABER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Rachel M. Jones and Stephen V. Bomse, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Jon Van Dyke, Honolulu, HI; Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Swift & Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for the plaintiff-appellee., William I. Edlund and John J. Bartko, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.