Hilao v. Estate Of

393 F.3d 987 Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiff, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS; Imelda R. Marcos; and Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. Republic of the Philippines, Real Party in Interest-Appellant. No. 03-16934. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 3, 2004. Filed December 28, 2004. Rachel M. Jones and Stephen V. Bomse, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the appellant. 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. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. MDL-00840-MLR. Before: BRUNETTI, GRABER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. GRABER, Circuit Judge: 1 The Republic of the Philippines appeals from two orders issued by the district court, even though the Republic is not a party to this litigation. The first "Memorandum and Order" reinstates a 1999 settlement agreement between the Estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos and…