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District Court Rejection of Burmese Claims Against Unocal Corporation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 144 - 145
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 For a parallel case brought by different plaintiffs, see National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma v. Unocal, 176 F.R.D. 329 (CD. Cal. 1997).

2 The Alien Tort Claims Act provides: “The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. §1350 (1994).

3 Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (CD. Cal. 1997).

4 Doe v. Unocal Corp., 27 F.Supp.2d 1174 (CD. Cal. 1998).

5 Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. at 889-92.

6 Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F.Supp.2d 1294 (CD. Cal. 2000).