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Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Co.
Facts
6,500 Firestone employees and their families lived on the rubber-harvesting plantation. Firestone did not directly employ any children. Plaintiffs alleged that the quotas imposed by Firestone forced plantation employees to use their children to help and that Firestone officials were aware of, and condoned, the practice. Plaintiffs did not supply facts documenting the number of children working on the plantation nor the extent or content of their labor. Firestone moved for summary judgment on the grounds that its corporate status immunized it from suit under the Alien Tort Statute and that, even if suit were permitted, plaintiffs could not show that Firestone had violated customary international law. The district court granted summary judgment. Plaintiffs appealed.
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