Litigation
May 20, 2011
9th Circuit Revives Alien Tort Case
A group of Argentineans who claim they were kidnapped and tortured by their government in the 1970s at the direction of a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary, can try their case in the U.S.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Plaintiffs who allege they were kidnapped and tortured and their relatives killed at the behest of Mercedes-Benz Argentina in the 1970s will get to pursue their lawsuit in the United States, a federal appellate panel ruled Wednesday in an unusual about-face.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the plaintiffs to bring their claims in U.S. District Cour...
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