Plaintiff - Appellant,:	PHILLIP MIRIORI, GREGORY KOPA, ALEXIS HOLYWEEK SAREI, PAUL E. NERAU, THOMAS TAMAUSI, METHODIUS NESIKO, ALOYSIUS MOSES, RAPHEAL NINIKU, GABRIEL TAREASI and LINUS TAKINU, LEO WUIS; MICHAEL AKOPE; BENEDICT PISI; THOMAS KOBUKO; JOHN TAMUASI; NORMAN MOUVO; JOHN OSANI; BEN KORUS; NAMIRA KAWONA; JOANNE BOSCO; JOHN PIGOLO; MAGDALENE PIGOLO, individually and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated
Defendant - Appellee,:	RIO TINTO, PLC and RIO TINTED LIMITED
Amicus Curiae,:	SIR NINIAN M. STEPHEN & JUDGE STEPHEN M. SCHWEBEL, CHEVRON CORPORATION, THE NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT OF UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSORS, CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSORS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE FEDERATION OF GERMAN INDUSTRIES, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL LAW SCHOLARS, INTERNATIONAL LAW SCHOLARS - PHILIP ALSTON, MICHAEL J. BAZYLER, DOUG CASSEL, ROGER S. CLARK, LAWRENCE DOUGLAS, JOHN DUGARD, BRUCE J. EINHORN, GREGORY S. GORDON, VED NANDA, SHERI ROSENBERG, MICHAEL P. SCHARF, DINAH SHELTON, U.S. DIPLOMATS and EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL
Amicus,:	COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Case Number:	02-56256
Filed:	July 26, 2002
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Statutory Actions

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