Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
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| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-1491 | 2d Cir. |
Feb 28, 2012 |
TBD | TBD | TBD | OT 2011 |
Issue: (1) Whether the issue of corporate civil tort liability under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, is a merits question or instead an issue of subject matter jurisdiction; and (2) whether corporations are immune from tort liability for violations of the law of nations such as torture, extrajudicial executions or genocide may instead be sued in the same manner as any other private party defendant under the ATS for such egregious violations.
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Briefs and Documents
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners- Brief of the United States
- Brief of Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges
- Brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Brief for International Human Rights Organizations and International Law Experts
- Brief for International Law Scholars
- Brief for Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Brief for Professors of Legal History Barbara Aronstein Black et al.
- Brief for the Rutherford Institute
- Brief for Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Brief for Law Professors of Civil Liberties and 42 U.S.C. § 1983
- Brief for Nuremberg Scholars Omer Bartov et al.
- Brief for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
- Brief for BP America et al.
- Brief for the CATO Institute
- Brief for the Chamber of Commerce
- Brief for the Chevron Corporation et al.
- Brief for the Clearinghouse Association
- Brief for the Federal Republic of Germany et al.
- Brief for the Coca-Cola Company et al.
- Brief for KBR, Inc.,
- Brief for Professors of International Law
- Brief for Professors of International Law, Foreign Relations Law, and Federal Jurisdiction Law
- Brief for the Product Liability Advisory Counsel, Inc.
- Brief for the Rio Tinto Group and Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- Brief for the National Foreign Trade Council et al.
- Brief for the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
- Brief for Professors of Constitutional Law
- Brief for The Associations of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce et al.
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (2d Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioners' reply
- Amicus brief of Center for Constitutional Rights et al.
- Amicus brief of Nuremburg Scholars Omer Bartov et al. (forthcoming)
- Amicus brief of International Law Scholars
- Amicus brief of Ambassador David J. Scheffer
- Amicus brief of Professors of Legal History et al.
