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5 Mar 2012, 12:34 pm
  A finding that the ATS does not "apply" to extraterritorial conduct also seems inconsistent with the Court's own pronouncement in Sosa v. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 8:26 pm
  The circumstances for this week's Kiobel hearing therefore seems quite different than the context for the Supreme Court's earlier review of the ATS in Sosa v. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 6:35 am by Guest Blogger
After this position was thoroughly repudiated by the Supreme Court in Sosa v. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 8:10 pm by Marco Simons
After this position was thoroughly repudiated by the Supreme Court in Sosa v. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 3:49 pm by Lovechilde
  In 2004, in Sosa v Alvarez-Machain, the Supreme Court affirmed that the ATS still provides jurisdiction for international tort claims, but it cautioned federal courts not to recognize claims “for violations of any international law norm with less definite content and acceptance among civilized nations than the historical paradigms” familiar when the law was enacted. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 9:09 pm by Lyle Denniston
   The most important Supreme Court ruling so far interpreting that law was the 2004 decision in Sosa v. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 11:52 am by nflatow
In 2004, in Sosa v Alvarez-Machain, the Supreme Court affirmed that the ATS still provides jurisdiction for international tort claims, but it cautioned federal courts not to recognize claims “for violations of any international law norm with less definite content and acceptance among civilized nations than the historical paradigms” familiar when the law was enacted. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 3:00 am by Louis M. Solomon
” 630 F.2d 876, 878 (1980) (holding that alien victims of torture in Paraguay could sue responsible Paraguayan official in U.S. district court under Alien Tort Statute for damages for violation of law of nations); see also Sosa v. [read post]