A federal judge in Miami has urged an appellate court to clarify key issues of corporate liability under a federal law that’s been used against companies and foreign leaders for alleged human rights violations in other countries.

Late last month, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez dismissed a human rights case against two Coca-Cola bottling companies that was brought by a Colombian labor union under the Alien Tort Claims Act.

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