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In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation

United States District Court, E.D. New York
Apr 4, 2001
Case No. CV 96-4849 (ERK)(MDG) (Consolidated with CV 96-5161 and CV 97-461) (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 4, 2001)

Opinion

Case No. CV 96-4849 (ERK)(MDG) (Consolidated with CV 96-5161 and CV 97-461)

April 4, 2001.


I address here the identity of the Swiss-owned or affiliated companies which fall within the parameters of "Slave Labor Class II" as defined under the Settlement Agreement and as approved in my opinion of July 26, 2000 (corrected August 2, 2000). See In re Holocaust Victim Assets, 105 F. Supp.2d 139 (E.D.N.Y. 2000) (the "Approval Order").

In the Approval Order, I took note of the "absence of information concerning the identities of the Slave Labor Class II members," observing that potential class members would not necessarily know if the company for which they labored was Swiss-owned or a Swiss affiliate. The lack of data was compounded by an inconsistency in the assessment of the size of the class: "When this class was included in the Settlement Agreement, the defendant banks represented that Slave Labor Class II consists of an extremely small number of persons who may have performed slave labor directly for an extremely small number of Swiss companies during World War II. Since then, they have backed off of this representation." In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation,105 F. Supp.2d at 162.

Because of the scarcity of publicly available data concerning the identity of the "Slave Labor Class II" companies, I asked for the cooperation of the companies seeking releases:

Under these circumstances, those Swiss entities that seek releases from Slave Labor Class II are directed to identify themselves to the Special Master within 30 days of the date of this memorandum and order. The failure of Swiss entities seeking releases from Slave Labor Class II claims to identify themselves will result in the denial of a release and permit those who have claims against those entities to pursue such claims independently of this lawsuit. Those three Swiss companies with respect to which the SFA already has provided information are now entitled to the benefits of releases for the utilization of approximately 2,500 slave laborers, subject to compliance with their good faith duty to provide information in their possession regarding the names of these slave laborers. . . . I do not propose to deny releases to which Swiss companies who utilized slave laborers are entitled. I am simply requiring them to identify themselves and provide information (if they possess it) that is critical to the fair and efficient administration of Slave Labor Class II. . . .
[I]t seems reasonable to conclude that the small number of Swiss companies who the defendant banks suggested utilized slave laborers have good reason to know who they are. Nor is it my intention that any company be certain that it or its affiliates employed slave labor. The fact that they believe that it was likely or probable will suffice.

Id. at 162-64, emphasis added.

As described in the Special Master's September 11, 2000 Plan of Allocation and Distribution (the "Plan"), in response to the Court's Order, a number of Swiss companies wrote to the Special Master to identify themselves under Slave Labor Class II. These companies are described in Annex I of the Plan and its Exhibit 1, a table of "Companies Which Seek a Release Under the Settlement Agreement by Identifying Themselves to the Special Master."

Following my adoption of the Plan on November 22, 2000, to clarify certain outstanding issues, on December 8, 2000, I issued a supplemental order concerning Slave Labor Class II:

By no later than January 19, 2001, the entities which have identified themselves to the Special Master (as set forth in Annex I to the Distribution Plan) are directed to notify the Special Master as to whether they possess the names of former slave laborers and, if so, to provide such names to the Special Master.

Several companies responded to this Order, among them Georg Fischer and Nestle, each of which helpfully provided lists of thousands of individuals who worked for those companies (and affiliates) during the War era, many of whom may have performed slave labor. Other companies updated their research reports and promised to supplement the data as information became available. Many companies also offered to assist in identifying former laborers as part of the claims process, a good faith offer of cooperation which will be quite useful to the International Organization for Migration ("IOM"), which is charged with analyzing all claims filed under Slave Labor Class II.

Against this background, I set forth below a list of the companies (and affiliates, subsidiaries or predecessors) which comprise the "Slave Labor Class II List." Claimants who file claims with the IOM and who plausibly demonstrate that they performed slave labor for one or more of the companies on the Slave Labor Class II List are eligible for compensation from the Settlement Fund. Each company appears on the list because it meets the following criteria: (a) it timely "self-identified" to the Special Master as required by the Approval Order; (b) it was Swiss-owned in whole or in part during the War era; and (c) it has provided the Special Master with names of persons believed possibly to have been slave laborers, or it has represented that such names are unavailable despite diligent investigation. A company's appearance on the Slave Labor Class II List does not necessarily mean that it used slave laborers.

Two of the companies which self-identified, Otto Suhner and Gessner, contended that their wartime management was anti-Nazi and therefore would not have used slave labor. Although these companies do not actually require releases, since no slave labor claims against them could stand based upon their representations, they are nevertheless released because of their self-identification to the Special Master. Other companies stated that they did not believe that they used slave labor but could not entirely rule out the possibility, citing, among other reasons, the lack of records from the Nazi era. See Distribution Plan, Annex I, Exhibit 1.

The companies on the Slave Labor Class II List are entitled to releases under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, subject to their continuing obligation to (1) supplement the information they have provided should additional data become available, and (2) cooperate with the IOM and the Court as needed throughout the claims process.

Companies which did not self-identify are not entitled to releases. See In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation, 105 F. Supp.2d at 162-63 ("The failure of Swiss entities seeking releases from Slave Labor Class II claims to identify themselves will result in the denial of a release and permit those who have claims against those entities to pursue such claims independently of this lawsuit"). Nor are releases appropriate for slave labor-using companies which were acquired by Swiss entities after the War but which were owned or controlled by German or other non-Swiss interests during the period of slave labor use.

See Plan, Annex 1, Exhibit 1 at n. 2 (certain companies "provided lists of subsidiaries acquired after World War II. Because Slave Labor Class II employers must have been Swiss-owned during the War era, they are not listed on [the] table.")

The Settlement Agreement makes this clear. Specifically, the "Definitions" part of the Agreement contains a long inclusive definition of "Releasees." Of particular relevance here is the following definition of "Owned or Controlled Affiliates:"

[A]ll affiliates of Swiss-based Concern (whether organized as corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships or otherwise) wherever headquartered, organized, or incorporated in which the Swiss-based Concern owns or controls directly or indirectly at least 25 percent of any class of voting securities or controls in any manner the election or appointment of a majority of the board of directors, trustees or similar body ("Owned or Controlled Affiliates").

Independent Committee of Eminent Persons ("ICEP"), Report on Dormant Accounts of Victims of Nazi Persecution in Swiss Banks, App. O (1999). The definition of "Releasee" then goes on to set forth exclusions. The first relevant category of excluded releasees is contained in the first two sentences set forth below:

The term Releasees also excludes parent companies and other affiliates of Swiss-based Concerns that (1) before 1945 were headquartered, based, or incorporated in Germany or any other Axis country or other country occupied by an Axis country between 1933 and 1946, (2) were not Owned or Controlled Affiliates as defined herein, and (3) disguised the identity, value or ownership of Cloaked Assets or used Slave Labor. A company shall not be deemed a Releasee by virtue of being Owned or Controlled Affiliate if (1) the company was headquartered, based, or incorporated in Germany or any other Axis country or other country occupied by an Axis country between 1933 and 1946, and (2) the company's parent was a Swiss-based Concern for the sole purpose of disguising the identity, value, or ownership of Cloaked Assets.

Settlement Agreement, Section 1 (emphasis added).

The defendants argue that the first sentence sets forth "three cumulative criteria for excluding Swiss companies from the definition of releasees." Letter of Roger Witten, dated February 16, 2001. Specifically, "where under criterion (1) the company was before 1945 headquartered, based, or incorporated in Germany or another Axis country and under criteria (2) was not an Owned or Controlled Affiliate, the company would be excluded from the definition of `Releasee' if in addition it either `disguised the identity, value or ownership of Cloaked Assets or used Slave Labor.'" Id. While I agree with the defendants that the criteria are cumulative, this argument is of no avail to them here because the plain language excludes slave labor-using companies that were acquired by Swiss entities after the war, but which were owned or controlled by German or other non-Swiss entities.

The defendants' argument to the contrary essentially involves altering the clear language defining excluded releasees. Specifically, the second condition for exclusion in the first sentence is that "parent companies and other affiliates of Swiss-based concerns. . . . (2) were not Owned or Controlled Affiliates as defined herein." The words "as defined herein" refer to the definition of "Owned or Controlled Affiliates" earlier in the paragraph defining "Releasees" in the "Definitions" part of the agreement. The requirement that the defendants would add to "Owned or Controlled Affiliates" — that they must also have been established for the sole purpose of disguising the identity, value or ownership of cloaked assets — completely alters the definition. Indeed, the construction of the first sentence urged by the defendants would, for all practical purposes, read the words "or used Slave Labor" out of the first sentence.

The negotiating history to which the defendants allude is not sufficient to override the plain language of the agreement. Under New York law, which is controlling here,

a court may not, under the guise of interpretation, make a new contract for the parties or change the words of a written contract so as to make it express the real intention of the parties if to do so would contradict the clearly expressed language of the contract. . . . [W]e concern ourselves with what the parties intended, but only to the extent that they evidenced what they intended by what they wrote.

Rodolitz v. Neptune Paper Products, Inc., 22 N.Y.2d 383, 386-87, 292 N.Y.S.2d 878, 881 (1968) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Settlement Agreement ¶ 16.2 (merger clause).

This consideration aside, the negotiating history, at best, sends conflicting signals. The Slave Labor II Class to which this clause relates was represented by the defendants to consist "of an extremely small number of persons who may have performed slave labor for an extremely small number of Swiss companies during World War II." In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation, 105 F. Supp.2d at 162. While this representation has turned out to be factually incorrect, the plain language of the clause cited above is much more faithful to it than the construction argued for by the defendants.

In sum, slave-labor using companies acquired by Swiss entities after 1945 plainly are excluded as "releasees" under the Settlement Agreement. Those that are included are attached to this Order as Annex 1.

SO ORDERED.

Slave Labor Class II List

According to the company, Clariant did not exist until 1995, when it was spun-off from Sandoz in or subsequent to the merger transaction between Sandoz AG and Ciba-Geigy AG which led to the creation of Novartis.

Danzas' letter to the Special Master was accompanied by a chart listing an additional 119 affiliates. Danzas advises that it "is currently investigating which of these firms operated between 1933 and 1946. . . ." Because it cannot be determined which of these 119 affiliates were Swiss-owned during the War era, they are not listed here.

1. ABB Ltd. (Brown Boveri Cie, AG ("BBC"), Germany; Osterreichische Brown Boveri Werke, Vienna, Austria) Gleichrichter GmbH Berlin, GERMANY (Gleichrichterbau) Gusswerke AG Frankenthal, GERMANY Isolation AG Mannheim, GERMANY Rheinische Draht- und Kabelwerk GmbH Koln, GERMANY (Rheinkabel) Stotz Apparatebau GmbH Eberbach, GERMANY Stotz Kontakt GmbH Heidelberg/Mannheim, GERMANY ABB BV Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS ABB sp. Z o.o. Warsaw, POLAND Polskie Zaklady Elektryczne Brown Boverie S.A. Cieszyn, POLAND Fabryka w Cieszynie, (ME CELMA S.A.) Zaklady Elektromechaniczne Rohn-Zielinski, S.A. Zychlin, POLAND Licencja Brown Boveri, (EMIT S.A. Zaklady Wytworcze Maszyn Elektrycznych I Transformatorow) ABB Energo s.r.o. Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC ABB S.p.A. Milan, ITALY 2. Albers Co. Schoeller'sche Kammgarnspinnerei Eitorf AG Eitorf, GERMANY Stabelwitzer Kammgarnspinnerei AG Stabelwitz (Silesia), POLAND Wollgarnspinnerei Schoeller Bregenz GmbH Bregenz, AUSTRIA Voralberger Kammgarnspinnerei GmbH Hard, AUSTRIA 3. Algroup/Alusuisse Group AG ("ALIG") Aluminium GmbH Rheinfelden/Baden, GERMANY (Aluminium Rheinfelden; Alu Rheinfelden) Aluminium-Walzwerke Singen GmbH Singen/Hohentweil, GERMANY Breisgau-Walzwerke GmbH Singen/Hohentweil, Teningen, GERMANY Chemische Fabrik Goldschmieden, Breslau-Goldschmieden, H. Bergius Co. GERMANY Martinswerk GmbH fur chemische und metallurgische Produktion Bergheim/Erft, GERMANY (Tonerdewerk) Vereinigte Aluminium-Giessereien Villingen, GERMANY Villingen GmbH (Aluminiumgiesserei Villengen) Aluminium Industrie AG SWITZERLAND Robert Victor Neher AG SWITZERLAND Salzburger Aluminium GmbH AUSTRIA Alubelge — L'Aluminium Belge S.A. BELGIUM SA Bauxite de France FRANCE Société Francaise pour l'Industrie FRANCE de Marseille l'Aluminium Bakonyer Bauxit AG HUNGARY Lavorazione Leghe Leggere SA ITALY Societa Alluminio Veneto Anonima ITALY Societa Idroelettrica Cismon per Azioni ITALY Fabryka Uszlachetniania Folil Aluminoway POLAND Bauxita S.A.R. ROMANIA Ugrovaca Minen AG YUGOSLAVIA 4. Bucher Industries Bucher Klettgau GmbH Griessen/Klettgau, GERMANY 5. Buhler AG Gebruder Buhler GmbH Freital (Dresden), GERMANY Buhler Fréres Brussels, BELGIUM Fratelli Buhler Milan, ITALY Buhler Fréres S.f.a.r.l. Paris, FRANCE 6. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. (Ciba-Geigy Limited; Ciba AG; J.R. Geigy AG) J.R. Geigy AG Betriebsstatte Grenzach Grenzach, GERMANY Ciba AG Berlin, GERMANY Geigy Verwaltung GmbH Wehr, GERMANY Teerfarben AG Berlin, GERMANY Irga GmbH Berlin, GERMANY Ciba Farver Farmaceutika A/S Virum, DENMARK CIBA Commercieel en technisch Bureau Arnhem, THE NETHERLANDS Sociéte Anonyme Ciba Groot-Bijgarden, BELGIUM CIBA S.A. Brussel Brussels, BELGIUM Ets. Geigy Huningue Huningue, FRANCE Colorex S.A. Lyon, FRANCE Ciba S.A. St. Fons St. Fons, FRANCE Produits Geigy S.A. Paris, FRANCE Ciba Industria Chimica S.p.a. Origgio, ITALY Soc. Bergamaska per l'Industria Chimica Seriate, ITALY Irga S.A. Milan, ITALY Colori Anilino Geigy S.A. Milan, ITALY Pabianicer AG fur Chemische Industrie Pabianice, POLAND CIBA chemisch-pharmazeutische Gesellschaft mbH Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 7. Clariant AG Chemotextil Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) Clariant Masterbatch GmbH Trebbichau, GERMANY Texta GmbH Lodz, POLAND Romochin S.A.R. Bucharest, ROMANIA 8. Danzas Holding AG Danzas Dusseldorf, GERMANY ASG FINLAND Danzas Cie. GmbH Cologne, Mannheim, Kehl am Rhein, Frankfurt, Neuenburg in Baden, Wintersdorf, Hagen, Singen Lorrach, GERMANY Kraus Co. GERMANY Franz Klein Mobeltransport-und GERMANY Lagerungsgeschaft Rheinverkehr GmbH GERMANY Firma Albert Herz GERMANY Danzas OY FINLAND Danzas A.E. GREECE Danzas Hellas A.E. GREECE Nedlloyd Road Cargo GREECE Nedlloyd Distribution Services Hungaria Kft HUNGARY Nedlloyd Chemical Logistics AS NORWAY 9. GABA Holding (DOMA AG) Unspecified 10. Georg Fischer AG Georg Fischer Singen, GERMANY Georg Fischer Mettmann, GERMANY 11. Hesta AG/Hesta Tex AG Schiesser AG Radolfzell, Baden-Wurttemberg, GERMANY 12. Holderbank Financiére Glaris Ltd. Alsenische Portland-Cement Fabriken GmbH Itzehoe, GERMANY (Alsen AG) Braunschweiger Portland — Cement Cementwerke AG Salder, GERMANY Breisgauer Portland Cementfabrik GmbH (Breisgauer Cement GmbH, Kleinskems) Kleinskems, GERMANY Breitenburger Portland-Cement Fabrik AG GERMANY Gipswerk Wilhelm Armbrecht Co. KG Forste, GERMANY Misburger Portland-Cement Fabrik Kronsberg AG Kronsberg, GERMANY Norddeutsche Portlandcementfabrik AG Misburg, GERMANY Portlandcementfabrik Alemannia AG Hover, GERMANY Portlandcementfabrik Hardegsen GERMANY Portlandcementfabrik Holerdorf GmbH Holderdorf, GERMANY Portland-Cementwerk Schwanebeck AG Schwanebeck, GERMANY Portlandcementwerk Siegfried KG Salzderhelden, GERMANY Vorwohler Portland-Cement Fabrik AG Vorwohle, GERMANY Vorarlberger Cement Loruns GmbH (Vorarlberger Zementwerk Loruns AG) Loruns, AUSTRIA Wunsdorfer Portland-Cementwerk AG Wunsdorf, GERMANY Enci, N.V., Earste Nederlandse Cement Industire THE NETHERLANDS (Cementfabriek Ljmulden N.V., Cementfabriek Rozenburg N.V.) Baresel GmbH Co., Klee- und Steinwerke Stuttgart, GERMANY Baresel Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH Stuttgart, GERMANY C. Baresel AG Stuttgart, GERMANY Ciments d'Obourg S.A. BELGIUM (Carriéres Dumon, Dufossez-Henry, Dapsens, Brebat-Dapsens, Dutoit, Haren, Ciments de Thieu) Ciments de Hacourt, S.A. BELGIUM (Ciments de Visé, Ciments Portland Liégeois (CPL)) Obourg Granulats S.A. BELGIUM 13. Lonza Group Ltd. Kraftwerk Reckingen AG Reckingen, GERMANY Lonza-Werke GmbH Spremberg, Niederlausitz, (Lonza-Werke Elektrochemische Waldshut, Tiengen, Fabriken GmbH) Weil am Rheim GERMANY Lonza-Werke GmbH Istein, GERMANY Lonzona AG fur Azetatprodukte Sackingen, GERMANY 14. Nestlé S.A. Nestlé Deutschland GmbH GERMANY Allgauer Alpenmilch AG (AAA) Biessenhofen, Weiding, GERMANY Cenovis GmbH GERMANY Deutsche AG fur Nestlé Erzeugnisse (DAN) Kappeln, Hegge, (Nestle Milchwerk Kappeln) GERMANY Franck- und Kathreiner GmbH Ludwigsburg, (Heinrich Franck Sohne GmbH; Karlsruhe, GERMANY Kathreiner GmbH) Harzer Grauhof-Brunnen Goslar, GERMANY L. Schweisfurt Fleischerei Herten, GERMANY Maggi GmbH Berlin, Singen, (Maggi Singen; Maggi Kemptthal) GERMANY Sarotti AG Berlin-Tempelhof, Hattersheim, GERMANY Wuelfert GmbH Fleischwaren-und Konservenfabrik Dachau, GERMANY Diamalt AG GERMANY Rotti AG GERMANY Gluckslee-Milchgesellschaft GERMANY Natura Milch-Exportges, Bosch Co. GERMANY Alete Pharmazeutische Produkte GmbH GERMANY Gebruder Jumg GmbH GERMANY Fleischwarenfabrik Wolf/Dorffler GERMANY Rhenser Mineralbrunnen Fritz Meyer Co. AG GERMANY Furst Bismarck-Quelle GERMANY Neuselters Mineralquellen GERMANY Nestlé Osterreich GmbH AUSTRIA Nestlé Gesellschaft AG, Vienna Edlitz-Grimmenstein, AUSTRIA Franck- und Kathreiner GmbH AUSTRIA (Heinrich Franck Sohne GmbH; Kathreiners Malzkaffee Fabriken AG) Kultura Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH AUSTRIA (Sarea GmbH) Maggi GmbH, Singen and Berlin AUSTRIA (Julius Maggi GmbH) Wiletal Kaffeemittel-Fabrik GmbH AUSTRIA (Sarea GmbH) Graf GmbH AUSTRIA Societe Nestle (Belgique) Bruxelles BELGIUM Alcon-Couvreur S.A. BELGIUM Nestle AG fur Erzeugung Vertrieb von CZECHOSLOVAKIA Nahrungsmitteln (CZECH REPUBLIC) Nestle Prag Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) Maggi Prag Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) Graf AG CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) Nestle Nordisk A/S DENMARK L.E. Bruun Export Co. DENMARK Société Nestlé Paris FRANCE Société Laitiere Maggi (SLM) FRANCE Société Industrielle de Specialités FRANCE Alimentaires (SISA) Société des Eaux Minerales de Ribeauville FRANCE Glaces Gervais S.A. FRANCE Sociétés Commerciale d'Eaux Minerales FRANCE du Bassin de Vichy Sociétés des Eaux Minerales des Roches Santeuil FRANCE Societa Nestle Milan ITALY Panna S.P.A. ITALY Galak Gecondenseerde Melk Maatschaapij THE NETHERLANDS Hollandsche Fabriek van Melkproducten THE NETHERLANDS en Voedingsmiddelen N.V. Aurore THE NETHERLANDS Fussel Co. N.V. THE NETHERLANDS Vvm (BAMG) THE NETHERLANDS N.V. de Komeet THE NETHERLANDS A/S Nestle NORWAY De Norske Melkefabriker NORWAY Levanger Melkefabriker NORWAY Maggi Spolka Z O.O. POLAND Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. SWITZERLAND Maggi AG SWITZERLAND Thomi Franck AG SWITZERLAND Frisco-Findus AG SWITZERLAND 15. Novartis AG (Sandoz AG; Ciba AG; J.R. Geigy AG, Durand Huguenin AG; Wander AG) J.R. Geigy AG/Betriebsstatte Grenzach, GERMANY Sandoz AG Nuremberg, GERMANY Dr. A. Wander S.A. Cracow, POLAND Dr. Wander GmbH AUSTRIA Anciens Etablissements Léon Sorg Cie BELGIUM Dr. A. Wander S.A. BELGIUM Société Anonyme CIBA BELGIUM Laboratoires ZYMA-GALEN S.A. BELGIUM Chemotextil CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) Dr. A. Wander AG CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) CIBA chemisch-pharmazeutische GmbH CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) A.S. Dr. A. Wander DENMARK CIBA Farver Farmaceutika A/S DENMARK Produits Sandoz FRANCE Laboratoires Sandoz S.a.r.l. FRANCE S.A. des Etablissements Wander FRANCE CIBA Société Anonyme FRANCE Laboratoires Ciba FRANCE La Quinoléine et ses Dérivés S.A. FRANCE Colorex S.A. FRANCE Produits Geigy FRANCE Insecticides Geigy S.A. FRANCE Sussstoffsyndikat GERMANY Dr. A. Wander GmbH GERMANY Ciba Berlin AG GERMANY Teerfarben AG Ciba GERMANY CIBA AG GERMANY Zyma GmbH GERMANY Irga GmbH GERMANY Geigy Verwaltung GmbH GERMANY Chinoin AG HUNGARY Dr. A. Wander AG HUNGARY Sandoz S.p.A. ITALY Fabbrica Lombarda colori d'aniline ITALY Dr. A. Wander S.A. ITALY Societa Italiana per l'Industria chimica a Basilea ITALY Societá Bergamasca per l'Industria Chimica ITALY Zyma S.p.A. ITALY Geigy S.A. ITALY S.A. Immobiliare Nizza-Monferrato ITALY Irga S.A. ITALY Hauserverwertungs AG CASA LIECHTENSTEIN Sandoz Producten N.V. THE NETHERLANDS CIBA Commercieel en Technisch THE NETHERLANDS Bureau voor Nederland N.V. Zyma Nederland THE NETHERLANDS Texta GmbH POLAND Pabianicer AG fur Chemische Industrie POLAND Romochim S.A.R. ROMANIA Dr. A. Wander Co. ROMANIA SAPIC SA ROMANIA Sandoz AG SWITZERLAND AG Hermes SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Teerindustrie AG SWITZERLAND Durand Huguenin AG SWITZERLAND Schweizerische Schleppschifffahrts- SWITZERLAND genossenschaft Schweizerische Reederei AG SWITZERLAND Hydro-Nitro S.A. SWITZERLAND Rhodiaseta AG SWITZERLAND Wander AG SWITZERLAND Pharmaanalytica Wander S.A. SWITZERLAND Maltex S.A. SWITZERLAND Lilian AG SWITZERLAND Praz Menou SWITZERLAND P.J. Guisan S.A. SWITZERLAND Joba/ISBA S.A. SWITZERLAND Laboratoires Mexyl S.A. SWITZERLAND Airal AG SWITZERLAND Schongrun AG SWITZERLAND Selectochemie AG SWITZERLAND Microtubes S.A. SWITZERLAND Paracelsus AG SWITZERLAND Fabrik medizinischer, chirurgischer und SWITZERLAND wissenschaftlicher Instrumente AG AG fur Dawa Produkte SWITZERLAND Interhamol SWITZERLAND CIBA AG SWITZERLAND Prochema AG SWITZERLAND Colfa AG SWITZERLAND Saurefabrik Schweizerhall SWITZERLAND J.R. Giegy AG SWITZERLAND Aligena AG SWITZERLAND Geigy-Werke Schweizerhalle AG SWITZERLAND Grada AG SWITZERLAND Dr. A. Wander AG YUGOSLAVIA 16. Robt. Schwarzenbach Co. AG Robt. Schwarzenbach Co. Huningue, Alsace, FRANCE Konstanz(Constance)/ Wollmatingen, Weil am Rhein, GERMANY 17. Roche Holding AG Roche Grenzach Grenzach, GERMANY F. Hoffmann-La Roche Co. AG GERMANY F. Hoffmann-La Roche Cie. FRANCE Hoffmann-La Roche Wien, Erzeugung und AUSTRIA Vetrieb chemisch-pharmazeutischer Produkte Gesellschaft mbH Produits Roche Société Anonyme Belge BELGIUM Polska spólka wytworów chemicznych POLAND "Roche" spólka akcyjna w warszawie Roche akciova spolecnost pro chemicko- CZECHOSLOVAKIA farmaceuticke vyrobky v praze (CZECH REPUBLIC) F. Hoffmann-La Roche Co. LATVIA Aktiengesellschaft Basel, Filiale Riga Prodotti Roche ITALY 18. Schindler Holding Ltd. (Schindler Management Ltd.) Le Lift S.r.L. Mulhouse, FRANCE Schindler Cie, S.r.l. Brussels, BELGIUM Schindler Cie, oHG Berlin, GERMANY HUMAG Hebezeug- und Motorenfabrikations-Karlsruhe, GERMANY Aktiengesellschaft 19. Sefar Holding, Inc. Franz Eckert Cie. Waldkirch/Breisgau, GERMANY 20. Sihl AG Sihl GmbH Duren, GERMANY RVG Repromaterialien Vertriebs GmbH Windeck-Rosbach, GERMANY TRICON Veredelungs GmbH Freiburg, GERMANY Papierfabrik Lahnstein GmbH GERMANY Sihl Benelux B.V. Hertogenbosch, THE NETHERLANDS Sihl SNC Orsay, FRANCE 21. Sika Finanz AG Unspecified GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND 22. Stehli Seiden Stehli Co GmbH Erzingen, GERMANY 23. Stromeyer Co. L. Stromeyer Co. Konstanz, GERMANY 24. Sulzer AG (Gebruder Sulzer) Gebruder Sulzer AG Ludwigshafen, GERMANY Sulzer-Centralheizungen GmbH Mannheim, Stuttgart, Berlin, (Johannes Haag GmbH, Augsburg, Munich, Karlsruhe, Johannes Haag AG) Nunberg, GERMANY CCM Compagnie de Construction Macanique Paris, FRANCE Procédés Sulzer CSS Société Anonyme Chauffage Central Paris, FRANCE Sulzer 25. Unaxis Holding AG (Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon AG) Ikaria GmbH Berlin, GERMANY Krompacher Kupferwerke Krompachy, SLOVAKIA 26. Villiger Sohne Holding AG Villiger Sohne oHG Munich, GERMANY 27. Von Roll Holding Ltd. (Gesellschaft der Ludw. Von Roll'schen Eisenwerker AG Schweizerische Isola-Werke AG Breitenbach, SWITZERLAND Von Roll Stahlgiesserei Biel AG Biel, SWITZERLAND Robert Aebi AG Regensdorf, SWITZERLAND


Summaries of

In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation

United States District Court, E.D. New York
Apr 4, 2001
Case No. CV 96-4849 (ERK)(MDG) (Consolidated with CV 96-5161 and CV 97-461) (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 4, 2001)
Case details for

In re Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation

Case Details

Full title:IN RE: HOLOCAUST VICTIM ASSETS LITIGATION

Court:United States District Court, E.D. New York

Date published: Apr 4, 2001

Citations

Case No. CV 96-4849 (ERK)(MDG) (Consolidated with CV 96-5161 and CV 97-461) (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 4, 2001)

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