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12 Oct 2007

Author:
Paritosh Bansal, Reuters

US court allows apartheid claims to go forward

A U.S. appellate court on Friday allowed claims brought by victims of apartheid against dozens of major companies to go forward, saying a lower court erred in ruling it did not have jurisdiction over the matter. The corporations named in the suits include oil companies such as BP, ExxonMobil, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, UBS, IBM, General Motors, Ford...

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US court allows apartheid claims against BP, Citigroup, UBS, IBM, Ford & others to go forward

Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)