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Article

26 Jul 2004

Auteur:
Jennifer Huang, newsdesk.org

U.S. Courts Tackle Foreign Abuses - Energy corporations question 'law of nations'

A 215-year-old law originally written to address piracy and crimes abroad against American ambassadors is at the heart of litigation targeting some of the world's largest energy corporations...a recent Supreme Court ruling may have left the door open for the suits to proceed. [refers to ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, Unocal, Shell]

Fait partie des chronologies suivantes

Chevron lawsuit (re Nigeria)

ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh)

Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)

Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)