Doe v. Unocal Corp.

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Doe v. Unocal Corp. is a landmark U.S. human rights lawsuit in which Burmese villagers sued Unocal in federal court for alleged complicity in forced labor and other abuses linked to a gas pipeline project in Myanmar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil action ⓘ
human rights lawsuit ⓘ
lawsuit ⓘ
transnational human rights case ⓘ
allegation complicity in arbitrary detention ⓘ
complicity in forced labor ⓘ
complicity in murder ⓘ
complicity in rape ⓘ
complicity in torture ⓘ
other human rights abuses ⓘ
appealTo United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
areaOfLaw corporate accountability law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
tort law ⓘ
citation Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2001) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), opinion withdrawn ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
country United States ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Central District of California ⓘ
defendant Union Oil Company of California ⓘ
linked to: Union Oil

Unocal Corporation ⓘ
impact influenced later Alien Tort Statute jurisprudence ⓘ
raised awareness of corporate human rights responsibilities ⓘ
involved French oil company Total S.A. (context of pipeline project) ⓘ
linked to: TotalEnergies

Myanmar military ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to: U.S. federal courts
legalBasis Alien Tort Claims Act ⓘ
linked to: Alien Tort Statute

Torture Victim Protection Act ⓘ
legalIssue standard for aiding and abetting liability in human rights cases ⓘ
whether corporations can be held liable under Alien Tort Claims Act ⓘ
locationOfAbuses Tenasserim region of Myanmar ⓘ
notableFor application of Alien Tort Claims Act to corporate conduct abroad ⓘ
corporate accountability for overseas human rights abuses ⓘ
first significant settlement of a human rights case against a multinational corporation in U.S. courts ⓘ
pipelineName Yadana pipeline ⓘ
linked to: Yadana project
plaintiff John Doe ⓘ
other Burmese villagers ⓘ
relatedTo Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Myanmar ⓘ
Yadana gas pipeline project ⓘ
settlement yes ⓘ
settlementIncluded compensation for plaintiffs ⓘ
funds for programs in Burma ⓘ
settlementType confidential settlement ⓘ
settlementYear 2004 ⓘ
subjectMatter corporate complicity in state abuses ⓘ
human rights abuses connected to resource extraction ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
yearFiled 1996 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unocal Corporation → legalCase → Doe v. Unocal Corp. ⓘ
Yadana gas project → legalCase → Doe v. Unocal ⓘ
subject linked to: Yadana gas project in Myanmar
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. → citation → Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. → citation → Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. → citation → Doe v. Unocal Corp., 248 F.3d 915 (9th Cir. 2001) ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.
Doe v. Unocal Corp. → citation → Doe v. Unocal Corp., 395 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2002), opinion withdrawn ⓘ
linked to: Doe v. Unocal Corp.