Manuel Terenkian v. The Republic of Iraq

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MANUEL KEVORK TERENKIAN; 

PENTONVILLE DEVELOPERS, LTD.;

MARBLEARCH TRADING, LTD., No. 10-56708 Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. v.  2:03-cv-05485-

THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ; THE CBM-SH

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, by and through OPINION State Oil Marketing Organization, Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Consuelo B. Marshall, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 6, 2011—Pasadena, California

Filed July 16, 2012

Before: John T. Noonan, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Dissent by Judge Noonan

8131 8134 TERENKIAN v. REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

COUNSEL

Edward L. Powers (argued), Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP, New York, New York; Susan L. Hoffman, Robert A. Brundage, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Los Ange- les, California, for appellant Republic of Iraq.

Melinda W. Ebelhar (argued), Edward D. Vaisbort, G. David Rubin, Litchfield Cavo LLP, Pasadena, California; Alan Gura, Gura &…