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TORRES v. SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP.

No. 96-40203.

113 F.3d 540 (1997)

Gerardo Arias TORRES, Individually and as next friend for Claudio Arias Mamani and Helanara Arias Mamani, Minors, et al.; Carmen Mamani Yanez, Individually and as next friend for Claudio Arias Mamani and Helanara Arias Mamani, Minors, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION; Asarco, Inc.; Cerro Trading Co., Inc.; Cerro Sales Corporation; Marmon Corporation; The Marmon Group, Inc.; Marmon Holdings, Inc.; GL Corporation; Phelps Dodge Overseas Capital Corporation; Phelps Dodge Corporation; Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation; Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.; Newmont Gold Corporation; Newmont Mining Corporation; Billington B.V.; Mitsui & Company, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Schirrmeister, III, John Terrance Brennan, Zummo and Schirrmeister, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John T. Flood, Robert C. Hilliard, Hilliard & Munoz, Corpus Christi, TX, for Gerardo Arias Torres, Individually and as next friend for Claudio Arias Mamani, minors, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Peter John Nickles, Washington, DC, R. Kinnan Golemon, Charles Alan Wright, Gerald Douglas Lackey, Austin, TX, Thomas Leon Cubbage, III, Joanne Barbara Grossman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Mitchell C. Chaney, Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, Joseph A. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Marc Antoney Antonetti, Mark A. Cymrot, Ronald F. Wick, Janinne D. Herrera, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, DC, for The Republic of Peru, amicus curiae.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal the district court's orders denying the motion to remand to state court and dismissing the case on the grounds of forum non conveniens and comity among nations. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are approximately 700 Peruvian citizens who allege that they have been harmed by sulfur dioxide emissions from Southern Peru Copper Corporation's copper smelting and refining operations...

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