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Polybius
(15,411 posts)It was 8-1.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)it should have been included in the article. I wondered as well.
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"Justice Samuel Alito dissented. Although, he acknowledged, Thomas and Gorsuch make strong arguments that federal courts should never recognize new claims under the ATS, he concluded that the court should not address that question here because the companies did not raise it.
Instead, he would have rejected the companies contention that they cannot be sued and would have sent the case back to the lower courts for further proceedings." ...
More, Scotusblog:
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/06/justices-scuttle-lawsuit-against-nestle-cargill-for-allegedly-aiding-child-slavery-abroad/