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Article

12 May 2008

Author:
Agence France-Presse

Une méga-plainte liée à l'apartheid avalisée par la Cour suprême [Etats-Unis]

La Cour suprême des États-Unis a avalisé lundi la recevabilité d'une série de plaintes réclamant plusieurs milliards de dollars à une cinquantaine de multinationales accusées d'avoir aidé le gouvernement sud-africain pendant la période de l'apartheid... [La] Cour...précise que le quorum n'a pas été atteint dans ce cas, quatre des neuf juges s'étant récusés en raison de possibles conflits d'intérêt avec les entreprises incriminées... La procédure vise une cinquantaine de sociétés dont Shell, Citigroup, Barclays, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, Ford, Fujitsu...IBM...

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US Supreme Court will not hear defendant companies' appeal in apartheid reparations lawsuit

Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)

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