THE STATUS OF THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE'S CORPORATE LIABILITY QUESTION IN A POST-KIOBEL WORLD ..... 254 ...................................... I. INTRODUCTION II. LAYING THE FOUNDATION: A PRE-KIOBEL 256 .................................... OVERVIEW OF THE ATS
HistoricalDevelopments: 1789 to 2013 ...................... 256 ..... 258 .... A Textural Look at the ATS................ Nature of the Claimsfor Violations of ......... 259 Customary InternationalLaw............. III. DISSECTING THE ATS's NEW GUARD: KIOBEL V. ROYAL DUTCH ..... 263 .............................. PETROLEUM CO. .............. 263 A. Revisiting Kiobel I & II................. B. DistillingKiobel II's PrincipalRules and Questions............. 266 C. Alternative Perspectivesfrom the Kiobel II Concurrences.... 268 1. Justice Alito's Concurrence:Closing the Gap.................. 268 2. Justice Breyer's Concurrence:A New Approach ............. 269 3. Takeawaysfrom the Kiobel II Concurrences.................... 270 IV. THE DEVELOPING POST-KIOBEL II CIRCUIT SPLIT: 271 .................................... A SPECTRUM ANALYSIS A. Where the CorporateLiability Door Remains Open .............. 271 1. The Ninth Circuit and Doe v. Nestle USA, Inc................. 271 2. The Fourth Circuit and Al Shimari v. 273 CACI Premier Technology, Inc................... B. Where the CorporateLiability Door Appears Closed ............ 277 1. The Second Circuit: Balintulo v. Daimler AG.................. 277 2. The Eleventh Circuit: Cardona v. ........ 279 Chiquita Brands Int'l, Inc............... C. The Four CircuitSpectrum and Kiobel II............................... 281 A. B. C.
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How the Rounded Kiobel II Rule Will Impact the Corporate ................ 285 Entity....................... at the Kiobel II's Long Term Viability and a Glimpse ..... 287 ................... Future.............
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