Legal Opinion
Arias v. DYNCORP
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 15, 2010No. Civil Action 01-1908 (RWR), 07-1042(RWR)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
The Ecuadorian provinces of Sucumbios, Carchi, and Esmeraldas (collectively “provincial plaintiffs”) and approximately 3,200 individual plaintiffs brought this action against the defendants, asserting violations of the Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and international and domestic common law stemming from the defendants’ contract with the U.S. government to spray pesticides over cocaine and heroin farms in Colombia. The defendants have moved for judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) or, in…
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