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U.S. Government Supreme Court Brief Backs Corporate ATS Liability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010), cert, granted l32S. Ct. 472 (2011); See Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 105 AJIL 122, 142 (2011)Google Scholar.

2 28 U.S.C. §1350.

3 Kiobel, 621 F.3d at 117.

4 See Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 105 AJIL 775, 799 (2011)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

5 See Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 106 AJIL 138, 169 (2012)Google Scholar.

6 Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioners, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Dec. 2011), avaibble at http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs/10-1491 _petitioner_amcu_unitedstates.authcheckdam.pdf.

7 Id. at 1.

8 Id. at 7.

9 Id. at 5-8.

10 Kiobel, 182 L. Ed. 2d 270, 270-71 (Mar. 5, 2012); see also http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/10-1491.htm.