The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit by villagers in India seek...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit by villagers in India seeking to hold a Washington-based international financial institution responsible for environmental damage they blame on a power plant it financed.
The court, in a decision written by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, overturned a lower court’s ruling that the IFC, part of the World Bank Group, was categorically immune from such lawsuits under U.S. law. “These organizations have a huge impact on development decisions around the world, and for decades they’ve essentially operated above the law,” Simons said in an interview.
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