Petitioners, Joseph Jesner, et al. (“Jesner”), are non-residents of the United States who were injured by terrorists in the Middle East. In re Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigation, 808 F.3d 144, 147 (2d Cir. 2015 ). Respondent, Arab Bank, PLC (...
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Esther Kiobel represents a class of citizens from the Ogoni region in Nigeria who filed a class action suit against the respondents Royal Dutch Petroleum, Shell Transport and Trading Company and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (“Royal...
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Oral argument: Feb. 28, 2012
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Sep. 17, 2010)
ALIEN TORT STATUTE, CORPORATIONS, INTERNATIONAL LAW, TORT LIABILITYPetitioners Esther Kiobel and others, on behalf of a...
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In the Ivory Coast, cocoa plantations utilize child slaves to produce cheap cocoa. Doe I v. Nestle USA (“Nestle I”) at 1017. On these plantations, overseers force children to work without pay and food for up to fourteen hours per day, often six days a...
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Somali government agents, including the National Security Service (“NSS”) and the military police, allegedly subjected disfavored Somali clans and government opponents to widespread, systematic use of torture, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial...