torture-victim-protection-act
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-856 | Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-02-11 | Granted | CVSGAmici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute mens-rea private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation torture-victim-protection-act | 1. Whether the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting. 2. Whether,… |
| 19-185 | Kalev Mutond, et al. v. Darryl Lewis | District of Columbia | 2019-08-12 | Denied | CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | civil-procedure common-law-immunity conduct-based-immunity diplomatic-immunity executive-branch executive-branch-position executive-branch-views foreign-official-immunity foreign-officials personal-capacity personal-capacity-suit personal-capacity-suits samantar-v-yousuf torture-victim-protection-act | Respondent Darryl Lewis, an American citizen and security contractor, was arrested and detained in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on groun… |
| 18A1228 | Kalev Mutond, et al. v. Darryl Lewis | District of Columbia | 2019-05-29 | Presumed Complete | diplomatic-immunity foreign-official-immunity human-rights individual-capacity official-capacity torture-victim-protection-act | Question not identified. |