Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2000-09-14

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LEVAL, Judge: This case concerns the application of forum non conveniens doctrine to suits under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 , involving claimed abuses of the international law of human rights. Plaintiffs are three Nigerian émigrés, and a woman identified only as Jane Doe to protect her safety, who allege that they (or in some cases their deceased next of k…

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