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Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC , No. 16-499, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was a case from the United States Supreme Court which addressed the issue of corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). Plaintiffs alleged that Arab Bank facilitated terrorist attacks by transferring funds to terrorist groups in the Middle East, some of which ...
The surviving aliens and the families of those who perished in the attacks accused Arab Bank, PLC (Arab Bank), a bank corporation headquartered in Jordan, of financing and facilitating various terrorist organizations involved in the attacks.
Nov 9, 2018 · By first potentially raising the standard for a “specific, universal, and obligatory” norm, and then emphasizing the broad preemptive power of “analogous” statutory provisions, Jesner ’s interpretation of the Sosa test may prove prohibitive to recognizing any new causes of action.
Oct 11, 2017 · Holding: Foreign corporations may not be defendants in suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute. Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy on April 24, 2018. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the court with respect to Parts I, II-B-1, and II-C, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, and ...
DateProceedings And Orders ( Key To Color ...Jul 20 2016Application (16A82) to extend the time to ...Jul 22 2016Application (16A82) granted by Justice ...Oct 05 2016Oct 14 2016Consent to the filing of amicus curiae ...On 24 April 2018, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank. This is the latest in a string of lawsuits to reach the highest court in the United States brought against a non-American multinational corporation for serious
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Jun 27, 2024 · Abstract. Relationship of international law and municipal law — Liability for violations of international law under Alien Tort Statute 1991 — Whether to impose liability under Alien Tort Statute for violations of new norms of international law — Whether corporate liability established as a norm of international law — Judicial ...
JESNER . ET AL. v. ARAB BANK, PLC . CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT . No. 16–499. Argued October 11, 2017—Decided April 24, 2018 . Petitioners filed suits under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), alleging that they, or the persons on whose behalf they assert claims, were injured
