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15 Jul 2021, 9:01 pm by Samuel Estreicher and Julian Ku
Although the government initially sought to limit the ATS to a jurisdictional grant only that did not itself authorize any private rights of action, the Court in Sosa v. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 4:12 am by Beth Van Schaack
  Purporting to follow the Supreme Court’s guidance on customary international law 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]
’[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]
27 Jul 2014, 5:53 pm by John Bellinger
” Somewhat surprisingly, the panel went further to question whether the alleged torture by a non-state actor would fall within the requirements for actionable ATS offenses set forth in the Supreme Court’s Sosa decision. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 8:15 am by Meir Feder
  Indeed, that issue could not have been presented in Sosa, which involved conduct for which the United States could easily have been deemed responsible. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 7:07 am by Brandon W. Barnett
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court determined that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 4:55 pm by Eugene Volokh
Eugene Kontorovich passes along the news about United States v. [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 1:44 pm by John Bellinger
Why else would the Supreme Court direct us to Morrison precisely when it was discussing claims that allegedly “touch and concern” the United States? [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 9:49 am by Marta Requejo
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]
11 Jul 2012, 12:11 pm by Ingrid Wuerth
Although many of the briefs filed in the Kiobel litigation take the “binary approach,” the briefs of the United States did not. [read post]