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IN RE SINALTRAINAL LITIGATION

No. 01-3208CIV.

474 F.Supp.2d 1273 (2006)

In re SINALTRAINAL LITIGATION,

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

September 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kovalik, United Steel Workers of America, Pittsburgh, PA, Edward Fisher, Provost & Umphrey Law Firm LLP, Joe J. Fisher, II, Beaumont, TX, Mark Howard Richard, Osnat Kate Rind, Phillips Richard & Rind, Miami, FL, Natacha H. Thys, Terry Collingsworth, International Labor Rights Fund, Washington, DC, William J. Wichmann, Conrad & Scherer, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Sinaltrainal Litigation.

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS ORDER DISMISSING THE CASES FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

MARTINEZ, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1980 the Second Circuit's Filartiga v. Pena-Irala decision held that official torture is prohibited under the law of nations, which ushered in a new era of litigation under the Alien Tort Claims Act1 ("ATCA"). 630 F.2d 876 (2d. Cir.1980...

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