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U.S. Courts of Appeals Uphold Corporate Alien Tort Statute Liability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 799 - 805
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 28 U.S.C. §1350.

2 621 F.3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010), reh’gen banc denied, 642 F.3d 268 (Feb. 15, 2011); see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 105 AJIL 142 (2011)Google Scholar.

3 Boimah Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Co., 643 F.3d 1013, 1016 (7th Cir. 2011).

4 Id.

5 Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004).

6 Id. at 734.

7 Id. at 732.

8 Id. at 725.

9 Boimah Flomo, 643 F.3d at 1016.

10 Id. at 1017.

11 Id.

12 Id. at 1019.

13 Id. at 1022.

14 Id.

15 ILO Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No. 182), June 17, 1999, 38 ILM 1207 (1999).

16 Boimah Flomo, 643 F.3d at 1022.

17 Id. at 1023 (citation omitted).

18 Id. at 1024 (citations omitted).

19 Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 09-7125, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13934 (D.C. Cir. July 8, 2011).

20 Exxon to Face Lawsuit over Rights Violations in Indonesia, N.Y. Times, July 9, 2011, at B2.

21 Doe VIII v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 658 F.Supp.2d 131 (D.D.C. 2009); Doe I v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 393 F.Supp.2d 20 (D.D.C. 2005).

22 Doe VIII, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 13934, at *84-85.

23 Id.it* 133-34.

24 Id. at *237-39 (Kavanaugh, J., dissenting).

25 Baloco v. Drummond Co., 631 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. Feb. 3, 2011).

26 Baloco v. Drummond Co., 640 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. May 20, 2011).

27 Id. at 1342.

28 Id. at 1344-45 (citations and footnote omitted).

29 Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 644 F.3d 909, 911-13 (9th Cir. 2011).

30 Stempel, Jonathan, Daimler Must Face Argentina Abuse Lawsuit in U.S., May 18, 2011 Google Scholar, at http://www.reuters. com/article/2011 /05/18/us-daimlerchrysler-argentina-abuse-idUSTRE74H6WP20110518.

31 Bauman, 644 F.3d at 927.

32 Id. at 928 (citation and footnote omitted).