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IN RE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LITIGATION

No. 02 MDL 1499 (SAS), No. 03 Civ. 4524 (SAS).

643 F.Supp.2d 423 (2009)

In re SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: Sakewe Balintulo, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Daimler AG, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC, Matt Schultz, Esq., Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL, Steig D. Olson, Esq., Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY, Robert G. Kerrigan, Esq., Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & McLeod, LLP, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiffs Balintulo et al.

Jerome S. Hirsch, Esq., Robert E. Zimet, Esq., Susan L. Saltzstein, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Rheinmetall AG.

OPINION & ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Two actions brought on behalf of massive classes of South Africans ("plaintiffs") assert that several multinational corporations ("defendants") aided and abetted torts in violation of customary international law. Plaintiffs claim jurisdiction in United States courts under the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA").1 These lawsuits address the obligations...

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