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LIMA, PERU, January 25, 1996 -- Charles G. Preble, president of Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC), confirmed today that U.S. Federal District Judge Janis Graham Jack of Corpus Christi, Texas has entered an order dismissing a lawsuit by 698 Peruvian plaintiffs filed against SPCC in August 1995. The judge ruled that under U.S. and international law the subject matter of the lawsuit should be tried in Peruvian courts. Preble said that in her order granting the defendants motion to dismiss, Judge Jack noted that her exercise of jurisdiction would interfere with Peru s sovereign right to control its own resources. She also found baseless plaintiffs arguments that the courts of Peru are inadequate. In addition, the judge cited various earlier U.S. court decisions affirming that Peru provides an adequate judicial forum. |
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