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FLORES v. SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP.

Docket No. 02-9008.

414 F.3d 233 (2003)

Rodolfo Ullonoa FLORES, Luisa Torres Cheequiezol, on behalf of Veronica Velazco Torres, Maxima Quispe Canargo, on behalf of William Angelo Caronado, Elena Casilla, on behalf of Henry Anderson Casilla; David Bacangel Aguilar; Juana Jaillita Manani; Able Valdivia Acevedo and Mario Herrera, for the Estate of Mario Vitaliano Herrera Salinas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace A. Showman, Taub & Showman LLP, New York, N.Y. (Malcolm S. Taub, Taub & Showman, New York, NY, Andrew C. Shirrmeister III and Dana S. Speer, Houston, TX, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Peter J. Nickles (Thomas L. Cubbage III, of counsel, Oscar M. Garibaldi and Elie Honig, on the brief), Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Richard L. Herz, EarthRights International, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae International Law Scholars.

Before: KEARSE, JACOBS and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether plaintiffs' claims are actionable under the Alien Tort Claims Act ("ATCA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350.1

Plaintiffs in this case are residents of Ilo, Peru, and the representatives of deceased Ilo residents. They brought personal injury claims under the ATCA against Southern Peru Copper Corporation ("SPCC"), a United States company,

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