Bano v. Union Carbide Corp.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Leval, Pooler, Sack
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- Second Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The court affirmed dismissal of the ATCA claims and civil contempt/fraud claims based on the Indian settlement and the Bhopal Act, but vacated and remanded the dismissal of additional environmental claims unrelated to the gas disaster for the district court to address on the merits.
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