Legal Opinion
Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 2, 2009No. Docket 07-0016-cvPublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants are Sudanese who allege that they are victims of human rights abuses committed by the Government of the Sudan in Khartoum (“the Government”) and that Talisman Energy, Inc. (“Talisman”), a Canadian corporation, aided and abetted or conspired with the Government to advance those abuses that facilitated the development of Sudanese oil concessions by Talisman affiliates. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cote, J.) dismissing their claims under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”),…
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