Date: 06-09-2009

Case Style: Owens Wiwa v. Shell Petroleum, N.V., Shell Transport and Trading Company, LTD, Brian Anderson

Case Number: 1:01-cv-01909-KMW-HBP

Judge: Kimba M. Wood

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

Plaintiff's Attorney: Agnieszka Maria Fryszman, Cohen, Milst4ein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Jennifer M. Green, Michael Ratner and Maria Couri LaHood, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York

Defendant's Attorney: Maria Couri LaHood and Thomas G. Rafferty, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York

Description: Plaintiffs sure Shell Petroleum, N.V. and others under the The Alien Tort Claims Act claiming that Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and others in 1995 as a result of acts, errors and omissions by Defendants.

Defendants denied wrongdoing. Shell maintained that its "has always maintained the allegations were false. While we were prepared to go to court to clear our name, we believe the right way forward is to focus on the future for Ogoni people, which is important for peace and stability in the region."

Outcome: Settled for $15.5 million.

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