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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.
Case name Citation Date decided Elk Grove Unified School Dist. v. Newdow: 542 U.S. 1: 2004: Norton v. S. Utah Wilderness Alliance: 542 U.S. 55: 2004: United States 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 first U.S. Supreme Court case to directly address the scope of the ATS was Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain in 2004. [16] The plaintiff, Alvarez, brought a claim under ATS for arbitrary arrest and detention. He had been indicted in the United States for torturing and murdering a Drug Enforcement Administration officer. When the United States was ...
United States, 541 U.S. 600: March 3, 2004: ... Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692: ... Agreement percentages are based only on the listed cases in which a justice ...
Nearly 2.8 million individuals across the United States are impacted by WEP and GPO. Its effects extend to all employees of state, county, municipal and special districts in 26 states.
The 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2003, and concluded October 3, 2004. This was the eleventh term of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tenure on the Court.
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