Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Kiobel and Mohamad

Last week I wrote that the Supreme Court’s docket of international law cases was thin, thin, thin. Today the Court granted certiorari in two blockbuster cases, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum/Shell and Mohamad v. Rajoub. The Question Presented in Kiobel is: “(1) Whether the issue of corporate civil tort liability under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, is … Continue reading Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Kiobel and Mohamad