In Re Estate Of Ferdinand Marcos

25 F.3d 1467 In re ESTATE OF FERDINAND MARCOS, HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION. Maximo HILAO, et al., Class Plaintiffs; Vicente Clemente, et al., Class Plaintiffs; Jaime Piopongco, et al., Class Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-15526. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1993. Decided June 16, 1994. Bernard J. Rothbaum, Jr., Linn & Helms, Oklahoma City, OK, for defendant-appellant. Robert A. Swift, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before: GOODWIN, TANG, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge TANG. TANG, Senior Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Defendant Estate of Ferdinand Marcos ("the Estate") appeals from the district court's order preliminarily enjoining the Estate from transferring, secreting or dissipating the Estate's assets pendente lite. On this interlocutory appeal, the Estate also challenges the district court's subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Alien Tort Act, claims that the plaintiffs do not state a cause of action, and…