Legal Opinion
Flomo v. Firestone Nat. Rubber Co., LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 2011No. 10-3675PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, pits 23 Liberian children against the Firestone Natural Rubber Company, which operates a 118,000-acre rubber plantation in Liberia through a subsidiary; various Firestone affiliates and officers were also joined as defendants. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of all the defendants, but the plaintiffs have appealed only from the judgment in favor of Firestone Natural Rubber Company.
The plaintiffs charge Firestone with utilizing hazardous child labor on the plantation in violation of customary…
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