Citizens of Newport, Vermont v. the Government of Quebec

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The paper is a memorandum to District Justice William K. Sessions of Burlington, Vermont. The legal brief outlines the legal issues raised in the case of The Citizens of Newport Vermont v. The State of Quebec, Pierre Cardin, President of Quebec, The Saint Francais River Dam. The paper will explores the facts surrounding the suit that was brought and in doing so the paper argues that customary international law creates a de facto culpability that the Saint Francais River Dam cannot evade. The paper also analyses a 1992 American federal statute to support the this international legal precedent.

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"The following paper is a memorandum to District Justice William K. Sessions of Burlington, Vermont. The legal brief will outline the legal issues raised in the case of The Citizens of Newport, Vermont v. The State of Quebec, Pierre Cardin, President of Quebec, The Saint Francais River Dam. The paper (or memo) will explore the facts surrounding the suit brought against the State of Quebec, President Pierre Cardin and the Saint Francais River Dam. In so doing, the paper will argue that customary international law creates a de facto culpability that the Saint Francais River Dam simply cannot evade; at the same time, this international legal precedent joins with a 1992 American federal statute to create a compelling legal argument supporting the redress of the plaintiff's grievances by the defendants even though the Quebec government and the President were not parties..."

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