US Supreme Court Dismisses Case Of Ogoni's Kiobel Against Royal Dutch Petroleum

By SaharaReporters, New York

Royal Dutch Shell and several multinational corporations were handed victory by the US Supreme Court which affirmed the  September 2010 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the second circuit relating to the case of Ogoni nationals affected by Shell's oil connivance with the Nigerian military.
Members of the Kiobel family brought a case against Royal Dutch Shell in the US claiming the corporation violated the alien tort act, by providing material support to deadly military squads from the Nigerian army and police that attacked and murdered several Ogonis in the early 1990s.
However, a majority opinion given by Chief Justice John Roberts today certified the ruling of the US Court of Appeals that earlier dismissed the lawsuit.
Counsel to the plaintiffs, Carey R. D'Avino, told Saharareporters via telephone that the legal team has no comment at the moment as it is currently reviewing the opinion of the Supreme Court.