Legal Opinion
Nanko Shipping, USA v. Alcoa, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 10, 2017No. 15-7070PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
PILLARD, Circuit Judge:
The Republic of Guinea is one of the world’s principal sources of bauxite, an aluminum ore. After Guinea declared inde-' pendence from France in the middle of the last century, it sought to ensure that the exploitation of its natural resources would not only provide business for multinational corporations based overseas that invested in the ore’s extraction, but would also benefit the Guinean economy. Plaintiff Nanko Shipping Guiñeé (Nanko) claims to be the beneficiary of one of Guinea’s legal undertakings to that end, and…
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