John Doe , I v. Nestle Sa

17-55435Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJul 29, 2021

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FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
J OHN DOE , I; J OHN DOE , II; J OHN
DOE , III; J OHN DOE , IV; J OHN DOE ,
V; and J OHN DOE , VI, individually
and on behalf of proposed class
members,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
NESTLE SA; NESTLE USA, I NC.;
NESTLE I VORY COAST ; CARGILL
I NCORPORATED COMPANY ; CARGILL
COCOA ; CARGILL W EST AFRICA, S.
A.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
ARCHER D ANIELS M IDLAND
COMPANY ,
Defendant.
No. 17-55435
D.C. No.
2:05-cv-05133-
SVW-MRW
ORDER
On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States
Filed July 29, 2021

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2 DOE V . NESTLE
Before: D.W. Nelson and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges,
and Edward F. Shea,* District Judge.
Order
COUNSEL
Paul L. Hoffman, John Washington, and Catherine Sweetser,
Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP, Hermosa
Beach, California; Terrence P. Collingsworth, International
Human Rights Advocates, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-
Appellants.
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Abbey Hudson, Matthew A.
Hoffman, and Perlette Michèle Jura, Gibson Dunn &
Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Christopher B.
Leach and Theodore B. Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
LLP, Washington, D.C.; Colleen Sinzdak, David M. Foster,
Craig A. Hoover, and Neal Kumar Katyal, Hogan Lovells
US LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee Nestlé
USA, Inc.
Andrew John Pincus and Kevin S. Ranlett, Mayer Brown
LLP, Washington, D.C.; Lee H. Rubin, Mayer Brown LLP,
Mayer Brown LLP, Palo Alto, California; for Defendant-
Appellee Cargill Incorporated.
Marc B. Robertson and Richard A. Stamp, Washington
Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae
Washington Legal Foundation.
* The Honorable Edward F. Shea, United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Washington, sitting by designation.

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DOE V . NESTLE 3
ORDER
In accordance with the United States Supreme Court’s
opinion in Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), the
judgment of the district court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.

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