Legal Opinion
In Re Union Carbide Corporation Gas Plant Disaster
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 10, 1986No. Misc. 21-38 (JFK)PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
KEENAN, District Judge:
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On the night of December 2-3, 1984 the most tragic industrial disaster in history occurred in the city of Bhopal, state of Madhya Pradesh, Union of India. Located there was a chemical plant owned and operated by Union Carbide India Limited (“UCIL”). The plant, situated in the northern sector of the city, had numerous hutments adjacent to it on its southern side which were occupied by impoverished squatters. UCIL manufactured the pesticides Sevin and Temik at the Bhopal plant at the request of, and with the approval of, the Government…
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