Legal Opinion
Movsesian v. Victoria Versicherung AG
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2012No. 07-56722PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Section 354.4 of the California Code of Civil Procedure vests California courts with jurisdiction over certain insurance claims brought by “Armenian Genocide victim[s]” and extends the statute of limitations for such claims. Under that statute, individual Plaintiffs, including Vazken Movsesian, filed this class action against various insurers. One of the defendant insurance companies filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss the claims, arguing, among other things, that section 354.4 is preempted under the foreign affairs doctrine. See…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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