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Doe I v. Unocal Corp.
On September 18, 2002, the Ninth Circuit ruled for the plaintiffs in the Doe v Unocal case, finding that they produced enough evidence to go to trial on their claims that Unocal aided and abetted the human rights crimes committed against them by the Burmese military in connection with a natural gas pipeline project in Burma. All of the plaintiffs are now living in refugee camps in Thailand. The decision reversed a summary judgment granted by District Judge Lew in September 2000. A trial on the plaintiffs' state law claims is scheduled for February 4, 2003, before Judge Victoria Chaney in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Mary Sanders Lee v. City of Los Angeles
25 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001)

People v Brown
100 Cal. Rptr 2d 211 (2000)

Maktab Tarighe Oveyssi Shah Maghsoudi, Inc. v. Kianfar
179 F.3d 1244 (9th Cir. 1999)

Reno v. Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
119 S.Ct. 136 (1999)

United States v Messer
197 F. 3d. 330 (9th Cir 1999)

United States v. Phillips
174 F.3d 1074 (9th Cir. 1999)

Martinez v. City of Los Angeles
141 F.3d 1373 (9th Cir. 1998)

Alvarez-Machain v. United States
107 F.3d 696 (9th Cir. 1997)

Del Rio v. Jetton
55 Cal. App. 4th 30 (1997)

Doe v. Unocal
963 F.Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Abebe-Jira v. Negewo
72 F.3d 844 (11th Cir. 1996)

Hilao v. Estate of Marcos
103 F.3d 789 (9th Cir. 1996)

City of Huntington Park v. Superior Court, 34 Cal. App. 4th 1293 (1995)

Brandi R. Griffith v. Paul Hamilton Davis
161 F.R.D 687 (C.D. Cal. 1995)

Sandin v. Conner
515 U.S. 472 (1995)

Standing Committee v. Yagman 55 F.3d 1430 (9th Cir. 1995)

Chism v. County of San Bernardino
159 F.R.D. 531 (C.D. Cal. 1994)

Johnson v. County of Los Angeles
865 F. Supp. 1430 (C.D. Cal. 1994)

Wayne Mogilefsky v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Silver Pictures, et al., Real Parties in Interest
20 Cal.App.4th 1409 (1993)

Reno v. Flores
507 U.S. 292 (1993)

People v. Mitcham
1 Cal. 4th 1027 (1992)

Siderman v. Republic of Argentina
965 F.2d 699 (9th Cir. 1992)

United States v. Alvarez-Machain
504 U.S. 655 (1992)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Thornburgh
970 F.2d 501 (9th Cir. 1991)

Wilkinson v. United States
774 F. Supp. 1360 (N.D. Ga 1991)

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Meese
714 F. Supp 1060 (C.D. Cal. 1989)

McCarthy v. Fletcher
207 Cal. App. 3d 130 (1989)

United States v. Aguilar
871 F.2d 1436 (9th Cir. 1989)

Chalk v. United States District Court
840 F.2d 701 (9th Cir. 1988)

Board of Directors of Rotary Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte
481 U.S. 537 (1987)

Ketchens v. Reiner
194 Cal. App. 3d 470 (1987)

Rogan v. City of Los Angeles
668 F. Supp 1384 (C.D. Cal. 1987)

Rubin v. City of Los Angeles
190 Cal. App. 3d 560 (1987)

San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. U.S. Olympic Committee
483 U.S. 522 (1987)

Thomas v. Atascadero Unified School District
662 F. Supp 376 (C.D. Cal. 1987)

Wilkinson v. FBI
633 F. Supp 336 (C.D. Cal. 1986)

Coalition Against Police Abuse v. Superior Court
170 Cal. App. 3d 888 (1985)

Handel v. Artukovic
601 F. Supp 1421 (C.D. Cal. 1985)

Levine v. United States District Court
775 F.2d 1054 (9th Cir. 1985)

Martin v. International Olympic Committee
740 F.2d 670 (9th Cir. 1984)

Wilkinson v. FBI
99 F.R.D. 148 (C.D. Cal. 1983)

Crawford v. Board of Education
458 U.S. 527 (1982)

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