Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

Throwback Thursday: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

Ten years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., applying the presumption against extraterritoriality to the implied cause of action for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). In Kiobel, the Court began to whittle down the cause of action it had…

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UC Davis School of Law
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Cornell Law School
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Santa Clara University School of Law
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Lewis & Clark Law School
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Georgetown University Law Center
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University College London
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Pepperdine University
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Fordham University School of Law
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Shahid Beheshti University
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Cornell Law School
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