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HE NAM YOU v. JAPAN

No. C 15-03257 WHA.

HE NAM YOU and KYUNG SOON KIM, for themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. JAPAN; HIROHITO; AKIHITO; NOBUSKE KISHI; SHINZO ABE; NYK LINE (NORTH AMERICA); NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC.; HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.; NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL U.S.A., INC.; NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION; MITSUBISHI CORPORATION (AMERICA); MITSUBISHI GROUP; MITSUI & CO. (U.S.A.), INC.; MITSUI & CO. LTD.; OKAMOTO INDUSTRIES, INC.; SANKEI SHIMBUN, CO., LTD.; and DOES 1-1000, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

November 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hee Nam You, for Themselves and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, represented by Hume Joseph Jung , Joseph Jung & Associates & Hyungjin Kim , Jeong Se Law Firm.

Kyung Soon Kim, for Themselves and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, represented by Hume Joseph Jung , Joseph Jung & Associates & Hyungjin Kim , Jeong Se Law Firm.

NYK Line (North America) Inc., Defendant, represented by Jason P. Gonzalez , Nixon Peabody LLP & Thaddeus John Stauber , Nixon Peabody LLP.

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Defendant, represented by Perlette Michele Jura , Gibson, Dunn Crutcher LLP & Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. .

Hitachi America Limited, Defendant, represented by Joseph Anthony Meckes , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP & Nathan Lane, III , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A. Inc., Defendant, represented by Brendan P. Cullen , Sullivan & Cromwell.

Mitsubishi Corporation (America), Defendant, represented by Robert Allan Mittelstaedt , Jones Day & Caroline Nason Mitchell , Jones Day.

Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Defendant, represented by Colin C. West , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, David M. Balabanian , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius & Katie Rose Glynn , Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP.

Sankei Shimbun Co Ltd., Defendant, represented by Bruce A. Ericson , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT MITSUI & CO. (U.S.A.), INC.'S MOTION TO DISMISS

INTRODUCTION

In this putative class action for personal injury and crimes against humanity during the Second World War, one of twenty defendants moves to dismiss all claims against it. For the reasons stated below, defendant...

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