Legal Opinion
Abagninin v. Amvac Chemical Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2008No. 07-56326PublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNAMEE, District Judge:
Akebo Abagninin and others who live and work in the Ivory Coast (“Abagninin”) 1 appeal the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of their claims against manufacturers, distributors, and users of the pesticide DBCP for genocide and crimes against humanity under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350. 2 Abagninin alleges that DBCP caused male sterility and low sperm counts, which AM-VAC knew. The district court granted with prejudice AMVAC’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to the genocide claim for failure to allege that AMVAC acted with specific…
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