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Nestlé USA Inc v Doe

593 US 628 (2021)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Summary

ATS claims require conduct on US soil; US corporate decision-making alone insufficient to ground domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute for overseas child slavery.

Key Principle

ATS claims require domestic conduct; allegations that a US company aided child slavery in Côte d'Ivoire by making operational decisions in the US were insufficient to state a domestic application of the ATS.

Area of Law

tort

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