IN RE SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID LITIGATION

Nos. 02 MDL 1499 (SAS), 02 Civ. 4712 (SAS), 02 Civ. 6218 (SAS), 03 Civ. 1024 (SAS), 03 Civ. 4524 (SAS).

624 F.Supp.2d 336 (2009)

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

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

May 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay J. Rice, Esq., Diane E. Samoans, Esq., Nagged Rice LP, Rosalind, NJ, Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun Desonide DIF Harris & Hoffman, Venice, CA, Tyler R. Gaining, Esq., Susan H., Esq., International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky, Elision Park, PA, Helen I. Zeldes, Esq., Zeldes & Haeggquist, LP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs Ntsebeza et al.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Hausfeld LP, Washington, DC, Setting D. Oolong, Esq., Hausfeld LP, New York, NY, Matt Schlitz, Esq., Liven Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor, P.A., Robert G. Kerrigan, Esq., Kerrigan, Easts, Ranking & Melodic, LP, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiffs Balintulo et al.

Ketchh R. Humble, Esq., Cravats, Sawing & Moore LP, New York, NY, for Defendant International Business Machines Corp.

Jauntyt W. Tamable, Esq., Robert S. Walker, Esq., Jones Day, New York, NY, for Defendant General Motors Corp.

Mark D. McPherson, Esq., Michael Grader, Esq., Morrison & Forester LP, New York, NY, for Defendant Fujitsu Limited.

John H. Beginner, Esq., O'Melveny & Mayors LP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Ford Motor Company.

Jerome S. Hirsch, Esq., Susan L. Saltzstein, Esq., Snaked, Apres, Slate, Megahertz & Film LP, New York, NY, for Defendant Daimler AG


OPINION & ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

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...

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