Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kiobel_v._Royal_Dutch_Petroleum_Co.

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:appealsTo	gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit
gptkbp:arguedDate	October 1, 2012 February 28, 2012
gptkbp:citation	569 U.S. 108 (2013) international human rights litigation
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Elena_Kagan gptkb:Samuel_Alito gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	April 17, 2013
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Shell_Petroleum_Development_Company_of_Nigeria gptkb:Shell_Transport_and_Trading_Company Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
gptkbp:docketNumber	10-1491
gptkbp:fullName	Esther Kiobel, et al. v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., et al.
gptkbp:heldBy	The Alien Tort Statute does not apply extraterritorially.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Alien_Tort_Statute
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Elena_Kagan gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr. gptkb:Samuel_Alito gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:originatingCourt	gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit
gptkbp:plaintiff	Esther Kiobel
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Jesner_v._Arab_Bank,_PLC
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:international_relations human rights corporate liability
gptkbp:result	Case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under ATS for extraterritorial claims
gptkbp:subject	crimes against humanity environmental damage torture extraterritorial application of U.S. law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nestlé_USA,_Inc._v._Doe
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6