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BANO v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 03-7416.

361 F.3d 696 (2004)

Sajida BANO, Haseena BI, Sunil Kumar, Dr. Stanley Norton, Asad Khan, Shiv Narayan Maithil, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS), Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pension Bhogi Sangharsh Morcha (GPNPBSM), Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh (BGPMSKS), Bhopal Gas Peedit Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti (BGPSSS), and Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA), on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Haseena BI, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS), Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh (BGPMSKS), Bhopal Gas Peedit Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti (BGPSSS), and Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA), on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and Warren Anderson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis V. Trinko, New York, NY (Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, New York, New York, H. Rajan Sharma, Edison, NJ, Richard L. Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William A. Krohley, New York, NY (William C. Heck, Kelley Drye & Warren, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Members of the United States House of Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., Raul M. Grijalva, Sherrod Brown, Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Janice D. Schakowsky, Dennis J. Kucinich, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Joseph Crowley, and Fortney Pete Stark, Washington, D.C., filed a brief as Amici Curiae in support of Appellants.

Before: FEINBERG, KEARSE, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Haseena Bi and several organizations representing residents of Bhopal, India, to wit, Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan ("BGPMUS"), Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh ("BGPMSKS"), Bhopal Gas Peedit Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti ("BGPSSS"), and Bhopal Group for Information and Action ("BGIA") (collectively the "Bhopal organizations"), appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District...

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