The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell, must face a lawsuit accusing it of crimes against humanity, a United States federal court ruled Wednesday.
The United States Court of Appeals in New York reinstated a case against Shell Nigeria, which a lower court judge dismissed last year. The appeals court said in its ruling that the United States court had sufficient jurisdiction over Shell Nigeria.
The appeals court also ordered the trial court judge to reconsider rulings barring the plaintiffs from obtaining documents from Shell Nigeria.
Relatives of activists killed from 1990 to 1995 in Nigeria are accusing the two Shell companies of helping the government carry out attacks.
A version of this article appeared in print on June 4, 2009, on page B6 of the New York edition.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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