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UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS |
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U.S.C.A. NO. 04-10030-D DISTRICT COURT NO.
99-0528-CV-JAL |
ARMANDO FERNÁNDEZ-LARIOS,
Appellant,
v.
ESTATE OF WINSTON CABELLO, et al.,
Appellees.
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ON
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT |
PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES’
BRIEF
Leo P. Cunningham
Nicole M. Healy
Jenny L. Dixon
Natalie L. Bridgeman
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional
Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California
94304-1050
Telephone: (650)
493-9300
Facsimile: (650)
565-5100
Robert G. Kerrigan
KERRIGAN, ESTESS, RANKIN
& McLEOD, LLP
400 East Government Street,
P.O. Box 12009
Pensacola, Florida
32501
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED
PERSONS
AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
RULE 26.1
The
undersigned counsel of record certifies that the following persons or entities
have an interest in the outcome of this case. These representations are made so that
the Judges of this Court may evaluate possible disqualification or recusal.
1.
Boies,
Schiller & Flexner LLP (Counsel for
Defendant-Appellant).
2.
Natalie
L. Bridgeman (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
3.
Aldo
Cabello (Plaintiff-Appellee).
4.
Elsa
Cabello Bravo (Plaintiff-Appellee).
5.
Karin
Cabello-Moriarty (Plaintiff-Appellee).
6.
Zita
Cabello-Barrueto (Plaintiff-Appellee).
7.
Zita
Cabello-Barrueto, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Winston
Cabello (Plaintiff-Appellee).
8.
The
9.
Leo
P. Cunningham (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
10.
Steven
W. Davis (Counsel for Defendant-Appellant).
11.
Jenny
L. Dixon (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
12.
13.
Julie
C. Ferguson (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
14.
Julie
C. Ferguson & Associates, P.A. (Counsel for
Plaintiffs-Appellees).
15.
Armando
Fernández-Larios (Defendant-Appellant).
16.
Nicole
M. Healy (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
17.
Robert
G. Kerrigan (Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellees).
18.
Kerrigan,
Estess, Rankin & McLeod, LLP (Counsel for
Plaintiffs-Appellees).
19.
Honorable
Joan A. Lenard, United States District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida
(Trial Judge).
20.
Honorable
Andrea M. Simonton, United States District Court Magistrate Judge, Southern
District of Florida (Magistrate Judge).
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21.
Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (Counsel for
Plaintiffs-Appellees).
Dated: May 19, 2004
Respectfully submitted,
Leo P. Cunningham
Nicole M. Healy
Jenny L.
Dixon
Natalie L.
Bridgeman
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional
Corporation
By:
Nicole M.
Healy
650 Page Mill Road
Palo
Alto, California 94304-1050
Telephone:
(650) 493-9300
Facsimile:
(650) 565-5100
Attorneys for
Plaintiffs-Appellees
STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL
ARGUMENT
The
District Court’s order can be affirmed without oral argument.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I.
STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION...............................................
1
II.
STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES....................................................
1
III. STATEMENT
OF THE CASE.......................................................
2
A.
Nature of the Case,
Course of Proceedings, and Disposition Below..................................................................................
2
1.
Factual
Summary.......................................................
2
2.
Procedural
History.....................................................
4
3.
Disposition
Below.....................................................
8
IV. Statement
of Facts.............................................................
9
A.
The Squad’s Mission Was
to Suppress Potential Resistance Including by Killing Civilian Prisoners of the
Junta............. 9
B.
Fernández Was Involved in Selecting, Interrogating
and Extracting the Thirteen Civilians Killed in Copiapó............ 12
C.
Fernández Participated in Killing Civilians Before
and After Copiapó.............................................................................
20
V.
STANDARD OF REVIEW..........................................................
22
VI. SUMMARY OF
ARGUMENT.....................................................
23
VII. ARGUMENT...............................................................................
25
A.
Substantial Evidence
Demonstrated that Fernández Was Liable for the Offenses Against Mr.
Cabello......................
25
1.
The
Evidence Established that Fernández was Liable as an
Aider and Abettor...........................................
27
2.
The
Evidence Established that Fernández was Liable as a Co-conspirator..................................................
30
3.
The
Evidence Was Sufficient to Permit the Jury to Find that Fernández Was Directly
Liable.................. 36
4.
The
Doctrine of “Command Responsibility” is Irrelevant to this Case..............................................
37
B.
The District Court
Correctly Held that the Cabello Family’s Claims Were Not
Time-Barred...........................................
41