The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a jury verdict clearing Chevron of alleged human rights abuses during a violent 1998 protest on a company oil platform in Nigeria. Human rights activists had accused the Nigerian military of attacking protesters on orders from the oil company. The demonstration was over Chevron's alleged pollution of local fishing grounds and farms.
September 13, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a jury verdict clearing Chevron Corp. of alleged human rights abuses during a violent 1998 protest on a company oil platform in Nigeria.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the lower court judge conducted the 2008 trial that resulted in the verdict without error and instructed jurors properly.
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