Legal Opinion
Bano v. Union Carbide Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 2001No. Docket No. 00-9250PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
This litigation is the latest of many legal battles stemming from perhaps history’s worst industrial catastrophe: the 1984 toxic gas disaster at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India. Earlier actions included scores of individual and class-action complaints filed in federal courts throughout the United States and consolidated in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Those claims were dismissed in deference to the Indian government’s efforts on behalf of disaster victims to pursue a global resolution in India of claims related to the disaster.…
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