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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]
16 Feb 2011, 10:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge John V. [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 7:18 am
  Anderson claims that the issue is left open by the Court's 2004 ruling in Sosa v. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 7:49 pm by Kenneth Anderson
 With circuits having gone different directions on this issue, this perhaps tees up a SCOTUS review that would revisit its last, delphic pronouncement on the Alien Tort Statute in Sosa v. [read post]
1 Jul 2021, 4:46 pm by Sophia Cope
Corporate accountability dodged another bullet as it appears that a majority of the Court agreed that federal courts may continue to recognize under certain circumstances, as the Court addressed in Sosa v. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 10:18 am by Rodger Citron
  This is evident in, for example, his discussion of the Court’s prior decision on the ATS, Sosa v. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 1:46 pm by Lawrence Solum
The Supreme Court suggested a similar standard for ATS causes of action in Sosa v. [read post]
24 Mar 2024, 6:50 pm
Generations of people in the community were poisoned by lead, arsenic and other toxic substances, resulting in a devastating array of physical and mental illnesses and in some cases, death. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 8:43 pm by John Bellinger
”  Repeatedly invoking the Supreme Court’s call for caution in Sosa, the Court emphasizes that the ATS is “no license for judicial innovation” and that “judicial restraint is demanded. [read post]