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Farmers from Burma brought a class action lawsuit against Unocal, Total, MOGE, and SLORC alleging human rights violations committed in furtherance of the Yadana gas pipeline project. The Supreme Court held that US corporations can be liable under the Alien Tort Claims Act for complicity in egregious human rights violations. When Unocal partnered with the Burmese military to build the pipeline, knowing the military would commit abuses, the plaintiffs filed suit. As predicted, the military committed abuses in

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Janelle Manzano

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