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Province of CatamarcaCourt of Appeals on Civil, Commercial, Mining, and Labor Matters of the 2nd Judicial District of the City of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, 11/24/2011, “Martínez, Sergio Raul et al. v. Minera Agua Rica LLC, Suc. Arg., its owner
November 1, 2011
he appellate court rejected the motion for appeal filed against the Lower Court’s decision.
The plaintiffs had filed a motion for amparo (accelerated proceedings) claiming the definitive stoppage of the Agua Rica project, alleging it violated their right to a healthy and balanced environment, to health, to life, to physical integrity, to property and to economic activity, as well as those of the inhabitants of the region of Andalgalá and its area of influence.
The plaintiffs had filed a motion for amparo (accelerated proceedings) claiming the definitive stoppage of the Agua Rica project, alleging it violated their right to a healthy and balanced environment, to health, to life, to physical integrity, to property and to economic activity, as well as those of the inhabitants of the region of Andalgalá and its area of influence.
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