Legal Opinion
Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2010No. 09-15641PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER; Concurrence by Judge PANNER.
OPINION
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
INTRODUCTION
This case arises from a violent episode that occurred on the Parabe oil platform nine miles off the coast of Nigeria in 1998. The platform was operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), a subsidiary of the world oil giant. On May 25, 1998, over 100 native Nigerians took over the Parabe platform to protest CNL’s destruction of the environment and refusal to provide jobs to the local population. The parties here dispute whether the protest was peaceful. There is no dispute, however, that, after…
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