Legal Opinion
Flor Saldana v. Occidental Petroleum Corp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 15, 2014No. 12-55484PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Family members of three union leaders killed in Colombia in August 2004 by members of the Colombian National Army’s (“CNA”) 18th Brigade brought this lawsuit in 2011 in Los Angeles, California, against Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Occidental”), a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs’ complaint contains ten causes of action, three under 28 U.S.C. § 1350, known as the Alien Tort Statute, and the rest under California tort law. As correctly summarized by the district court, Plaintiffs contend that “Occidental should be liable for the 18th Brigade’s…
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