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17 Feb 2012, 5:17 am
The ATS provides that “district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 10:02 am
CARLOS SOSA, Appellee. 3rd District.Contracts -- Condominium sale -- Preconstruction agreement -- Action arising out of buyer's refusal to close due to seller's failure to complete the condominium within two years of the contract as provided by the contract -- Trial court properly found breach of contract by buyer where, although court erred in determining that the unit could be permissibly conveyed on date permitted in the contract pursuant to 718.104(4)(e), purchase… [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 1:55 pm
T.M.H., Appellant, v. [read post]
N.D.Iowa: When government says suppression motion is moot, it is still precluded from using evidence
15 Dec 2011, 9:03 pm
United States v. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 3:00 am
Donald Rumsfeld and the United States of America, Nos. 10-1687, 10-2442 (7th Cir. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 4:00 am
’[3] On the question of domestic law the Court finds that ‘the law of the United States has been uniform since its founding that corporations can be held liable for the torts committed by their agents. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 2:00 am
Our third criticism is that the majority’s analysis of whether corporations are ‘subjects’ of international law is in error, for the simple reason that such analysis is irrelevant to the question of whether the United States, through the enactment of a statute, could impose domestic civil liability on corporations for conduct that violates international law. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 10:26 am
In Sosa v. [read post]
11 Nov 2011, 3:00 am
For each of these the District Court relied on the Supreme Court’s decision in Sosa v. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 6:00 am
We therefore conclude that the ATS is not limited to conduct occurring within the United States or to conduct committed by United States citizens. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 6:35 am
Goodyear, Citizens United, Walmart v. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 6:13 am
United States v. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 5:38 am
The Supreme Court’s interpretation of the ATS in Sosa v. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 9:24 am
For this, the Court will have to provide more insight into its enigmatic footnote 20 in Sosa v. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 11:49 pm
The question of corporate liability under the ATS was left unsettled by the Supreme Court in Sosa v. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 9:18 am
In its seminal 2004 opinion in Sosa, the Supreme Court had specifically left open the question of whether the ATS applies to non-state actors, such as corporations. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 9:56 am
The Court of Appeals’ majority reads the Supreme Court’s decision in Sosa v. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 3:15 am
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second... [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 2:00 pm
” In closing, the panel — almost as an afterthought, and with scant analysis — slams the door on two other defense arguments that have been litigated at length in other courts: that the ATS does not apply to activities outside the United States and that ATS plaintiffs must first exhaust local remedies. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 2:25 pm
On the one hand, I think the ATS needs to be sharply reined in - I agree more or less with Judge Kavanaugh's dissent in the DC Circuit panel, that the ATS properly applied is limited to conduct within the territorial United States. [read post]
