Legal Opinion
Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 25, 2011No. 02-56256, 02-56390, 09-56381PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge, with whom SILVERMAN and BERZON, Circuit Judges, join. PREGERSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, join as to all but Parts IV(C) and (D) and partially join Part IV(B)(3). REINHARDT, Circuit Judge, joins as to all but Part 11(C) and Part IV(B)(3), as to which he concurs in the result. McKEOWN, Circuit Judge,
joins as to all but Part IV(A)(3) and Part IV(B)(4):
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case arising out of the operations of Rio Tinto mining group (Rio Tinto) on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the…
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