Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Nestlé v. Doe and Cargill v. Doe
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Nestlé v. Doe and Cargill v. Doe Sacks of cocoa harvested for Nestlé in the Ivory Coast (Nestlé, https://tinyurl.com/yxl2zgbw; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/). On Dec. 1, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I (and the companion case Cargill, Inc. v. Doe I) to determine when a U.S. company can be sued for alleged violations of international human rights abroad under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). This case addresses two questions relating to the ATS: First, does the ATS allow plain...
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