A dispute for control of millions of dollars stolen by former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos set the Republic of the Philippines at odds with thousands of its citizens who had been victims of torture and political reprisal by Marcos. And they had won a $2 billion judgment against the Marcos estate.
The issue Mayer Brown needed to get before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Philippine National Bank and the Philippine government was a little more esoteric. Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel, 128 S. Ct. 2180 (2008).
