The following documents constitute the court's rulings on Chevron's summary judgment motions, which are the defendants' last chance to dismiss a case prior to trial.  Chevron filed two summary judgment motions directed at the entire case, based on defenses relating to US foreign policy and corporate liability issues.  In Order No. 1628 and Order No. 1638, the court rejected these motions.  Chevron also filed three motions directed at particular sets of claims: one generally against plaintiffs' claims such as assault and wrongful death, another one directed at plaintiffs claims for human rights abuses under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), and one against plaintiffs' claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).  In Order No. 1640, the court rejected the first of these, allowing claims for wrongful death, assault, negligence, and the like to proceed to trial.  In Order No. 1601, the court granted Chevron's efforts to dismiss the RICO claim.  In Order No. 1637, the court also granted dismissal of plaintiffs' claim for crimes against humanity, one of the ATS claims, but in Order No. 1636, the court reconsidered and reversed its earlier dismissal of plaintiffs' other ATS claims, including torture and extrajudicial execution.

*NOTE: The plaintiffs asserting claims arising out of the attacks on the villages of Opia and Ikenyan have decided not to pursue those claims.  Any references in past documents to the Opia and Ikenyan incidents are no longer operative in this case.

 1601-Order

 1628-Order

 1636-Order

 1637-Order

 1638-Order

 1640-Order

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