United States Ninth Circuit

In an action seeking benefits under insurance policies by descendants of Armenians persecuted by the Ottoman Empire, denial of defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint is reversed where Section 354.4 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, which extends the statute of limitations until 2010 for claims arising out of life insurance policies issued to "Armenian Genocide victims," interferes with the national government's conduct of foreign relations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2008
• Decided 08/20/2009
• Published 08/20/2009

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, D.W. NELSON and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Neil Michael Soltman, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant/appellant., Brian S. Kabateck, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs/appellees.