Legal Documents
Selected legal documents relating to the case are listed below. Click here to view a comprehensive collection of legal documents on the Center for Constitutional Rights website.
Complaints
Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell
Original Complaint in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell, November 8, 1996
Fifth Amended Complaint in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell, March 16, 2009
Wiwa v. Anderson
Original Complaint in Wiwa v. Anderson, March 5, 2001
Second Amended Complaint in Wiwa v. Anderson, June 16, 2003
Court Orders
Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, April 23, 2009
Dismissal of RICO claims, March 18, 2009
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision, September 14, 2000
On November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa, an acclaimed writer and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), was hanged along with eight other Ogoni leaders, after a trial before a military tribunal that was condemned around the world as a sham. Ken Saro-Wiwa's last words were: "Lord take my soul but the struggle continues."