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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., No. 06-4800-cv (2nd Cir.) (642 F.3d 268) (February 4, 2011) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on Feb. 21, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists February 21, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Corporate Liability.

A 5-5 vote by the 2nd Circuit lets stand a precedent-setting decision rejecting corporate (as opposed to natural person's) liabiliity in U.S. courts under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. ยง1350, for violations of international law in foreign countries.

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F.3d 111 (2d ...

 

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