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s and Canadian seventh-level indirect subsidiary ― Foreign judgment debtor served ex juris at U.S. head office ― Subsidiary served in juris at place of business in Ontario ― Whether a real and substantial connection must exist between defendant or dispute and Ontario for jurisdiction to be established ― Whether Ontario courts have juris- diction over foreign judgment debtor'
s subsidiary when subsidiary is a third party to the judgment for which rec- ognition and enforcement is sought. The oil-rich Lago Agrio region of Ecuador has long attracted the exploration and extraction activities of global oil companies, including Texaco. As a result of those activities, the region is said to have suffered ex- tensive environmental pollution that has disrupted the lives and jeopardized the futures of its residents. For over 20?years, the 47?respondents/plaintiffs, who represent Viveros Cusangua, Guillermo Vincente Payaguaje Lusitante, Alfredo Donaldo Payaguaje Payaguaje et Delfin Leonidas Payaguaje Payaguaje?Intimés et International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Mines Alerte Canada, Centre canadien pour la justice internationale et Justice and Corporate Accountability Project?Intervenants Répertorié?:?Chevron Corp. c. Yaiguaje
2015 CSC?42 No du greffe?:?35682. 2014?:?11?décembre;
2015?:?4?septembre. Présents?:?La juge en chef McLachlin et les juges Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Kara........