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Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority, No. 11-88 (U.S. Supreme Court) (566 U.S. 449; 132 S.Ct. 1702) (April 18, 2012) (Justice Sotomayor)

Loaded on April 30, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists April 30, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Individual - Meaning of.

Here a unanimous Supreme Court held that the Torture Victim Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350, note § 2(a)) which imposes liability on “individuals” for certain acts of torture and extrajudicial killing, authorizes liability solely against natural persons.

In February of this year, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a ...

 

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