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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.
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 ...
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 U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari (a review) on December 1, 2003, to determine the issue of whether Álvarez was entitled to remedy , pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute . [ 8 ]
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain: 542 U.S. 642 (2004) Breyer: Souter: Scalia: Breyer: References "2003 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States.
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692: March 30, 2004: June 29, 2004 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 2 * 2: 3 # Case name and citation Argued Decided Rehnquist Stevens O'Connor Scalia ...
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