When Unocal, a U.S. oil and gas company, partnered with the notorious Burmese military to build a gas pipeline, knowing the military would commit human rights ...

Doe v. Unocal, 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), opinion vacated and rehearing en banc granted, 395 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2003), was a lawsuit filed against Unocal ...

Plaintiffs argue that Unocal aided and abetted the Myanmar Military in subjecting them to forced labor. We hold that the standard for aiding and abetting under ...

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997) case opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The court concluded that corporations and their executive officers can be held legally responsible under the Alien Tort. Statute for violations of international ...

Oct 23, 2014 · Unocal was forced to settle in 2003, marking the first time a human rights lawsuit against a multinational corporation resulted in compensation ...

Oct 15, 2004 · Unocal split into two cases: one federal and one state. IV. DOE V. UNOCAL: UNOCAL'S NINTH CIRCUIT SUMMARY. JUDGMENT APPEAL. A three-judge panel ...

Plaintiffs allege that defendants, through the SLORC military, intelligence and/or police forces, have used and continue to use violence and intimidation to ...

The court held that Ford Werke's "use of unpaid, forced labor during World War II violated clearly established norms of customary international law." Id. at 440 ...

Burmese villagers brought a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court charging the consortium with profiting from forced labor. "Doe v. Unocal: Forced ...