1998
WL 34089587 (9th Cir.)
For
opinion see 205 F.3d 1130
United
States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
HUMANITARIAN
LAW PROJECT, Ralph Fertig, Ilankai Thamil Sangam, Tamils of Northern
California, Tamil Welfare and Human Rights Committee, Federation of Tamil
Sangams of North America, World Tamil Coordinating Committee, and Nagalingham
Jeyalingam, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Janet
RENO, as Attorney General of the United States, United States Department of
Justice, Madeline Albright, as United States Secretary of State, and United States
Department of State, Defendants-Appellees.
Nos.
98-56062, 98-56280.
September
14, 1998.
On
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of
California the Honorable Audrey B. Collins, Judge Presiding
Submission
by Amicus Curiae Anti-Defamation League of Original Consent Letters
Pursuant
to Fed. R. App. Proc. 29
Of
Counsel: Linda Dakin-Grimm [FN*] David M. Raim, Philip J. Goodman Joy L.
Langford, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20036 and 601 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017,
213-892-1000.
Steven
M. Freeman, Michael Lieberman, Anti-Defamation League, 823 United Nations
Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
FN* Counsel of Record
*1
Pursuant to Fed. R. App. Proc. 29, amicus curiae Anti-Defamation League
("ADL") respectfully submits the attached original letters, documenting
that all parties have consented to the submission by ADL of an amicus curiae
brief in the above-captioned matter, as follows:
TAB
1 - Letter dated September 2, 1998 from Philip J. Goodman, Esq. to Douglas N.
Letter, Esq., counsel for defendant-appellees, counter-signed by Mr. Letter.
TAB
2 - Letter dated September 1, 1998 from Philip J. Goodman, Esq. to David Cole,
Esq., counsel for plaintiff-appellants, counter-signed by Mr. Cole.
ADL's
amicus brief in support of defendant-appellees is being filed simultaneously
with this submission