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Aguinda, et al. v. Texaco

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Alien Tort Claims Act

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    In Aguinda, et al. v. Texaco, for example, a group of Ecuadorian Indians sued the Texaco petroleum corporation in 1993 for having caused severe environmental damage to their homeland through improper oil-exploration and waste-disposal practices. After years of litigation, the Second Circuit agreed (2002) with the…

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