U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Oct. 27, 2011
Genocide and war crimes claims against Rio Tinto can proceed
The Alien Tort Statute covers corporations accused of genocide and war crimes abroad, a splintered 9th Circuit en banc panel held Tuesday in a major opinion regarding American courts' overseas reach.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Alien Tort Statute covers corporations accused of genocide and war crimes abroad, a splintered 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel held Tuesday in a major opinion regarding American courts' overseas reach.
The panel ruled 7-4 that U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow of Los Angeles can hear claims by citizens of Papua New Guinea that the multinational British mining conglomerate R...
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