Legal Opinion
Abrams v. Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 13, 2003No. Docket No. 01-9442PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
The named plaintiffs have brought this action individually and on behalf of other similarly situated Holocaust victims and their heirs against the French railroad company Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais (SNCF or railroad). The action arises out of SNCF’s 1942-1944 operation of trains that transported tens of thousands of French civilians to the infamous Nazi death and slave labor camps. Plaintiffs allege that in so doing SNCF committed war crimes and crimes against humanity under customary international law and the law of nations. Customary international…
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