Legal Opinion
Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2008No. 02-56256, 02-56390PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Concurrence by Judge BEA; Dissent by Judge IKUTA; Concurrence by Judge KLEINFELD; Dissent by Judge REINHARDT.
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge,
joined by Judges SCHROEDER and SILVERMAN:
Current and former residents of Bou-gainville, Papua New Guinea (“PNG”), brought suit under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), claiming that various war crimes, crimes against humanity, racial discrimination, and environmental torts arose out of Rio Tinto’s mining operations on Bougain-ville. Plaintiffs allege Rio Tinto is liable not only for its actions that led to a civil war, but -also vicariously…
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