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cjel-5683	Malone, Linda A.	The Chernobyl Accident: A Case Study in International Law Regulating State Responsibility for Transboundary Nuclear Pollution	2020	40	.pdf	application/pdf	17618	836	53	I t9 Foreign nationals may bring suit in federal court based on state tort law under di- versity jurisdiction. 56 The tribunal concluded that there was no need to determine whether United States domestic law or international law would be applied because the law followed in the United States in dealing with quasi-sovereign rights of states within the United States in regulating air pollution, while more definite than international law was in conformity with the general rules of international law 57 Unable to find any precedents from international tribu- nals addressing air or water pollution, the tribunal turned to deci- sions of the United States Supreme Court that were premised on the federal common law of nuisance.58 From these cases adjudi- cating interstate conflicts over air and water pollution, the tribu- nal concluded that under the principles of international law as well as of the law of the United States, no State has the right to use or permit the use of its territory in such a manner as to cause injury by fumes in or to the territory of another or the properties or persons therein, when the case is of serious consequences and the injury is established by clear and convincing evidence.	cache/cjel-5683.pdf	txt/cjel-5683.txt