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Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain , 542 U.S. 692 (2004), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Alien Tort Statute and the Federal Tort Claims Act . Many ATS claims were filed after the Second Circuit ruling in Filártiga v.
Sosa [clarification needed], Gárate [clarification needed], five unnamed Mexican nationals, the United States and four DEA agents were listed as defendants. [7] The district court ruled in favor of Álvarez in the amount of $25,000, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed Sosa's liability on appeal.
The Supreme Court held in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain that the ATS provides a cause of action for violations of international norms that are as "specific, universal, and obligatory" as were the norms prohibiting violations of safe conducts, infringements of the rights of ambassadors, and piracy in the 18th century. [22]
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