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JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia, J., joined except as to Part III-B. Breyer, J., filed a c...
Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondents: Laura G. Ferguson, Washington, D. C.; Curtis E. Gannon, Assitant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondents: Laura G. Ferguson, Washington, D. C.; Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
Reply of petitioners Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of KBR, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents Palestinian Authority, and PLO filed. (Distributed)
CIRCULATED
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. (orders list)
Record recevied from U.S.C.A. for District of Columbia Circuit. (1 envelope)
Record from U.S.D.C. for District of Columbia Circuit is electronic.
Brief amici curiae of Nuremberg Scholars Omer Bartov, et al. filed. VIDED
Brief amici curiae of Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce, et al. filed. VIDED.
Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Larry Bowoto, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, et al. filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Juan Mendez, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Joseph E.Stiglitz filed. VIDED.
Brief amicus curiae of Law Professors of Civil Liberties and 42 U.S.C-1983 filed. VIDED.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Brief amicus curiae of Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Brief of petitioners Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased et al. filed.
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased et al.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondents.
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 14, 2011.
The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 27, 2012.
Petition GRANTED The case is to be argued in tandem with No. 10-1491, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. (orders list)
Brief of respondents Palestinian Authority, and PLO in opposition filed.
Notice of related cases received from counsel for petitioners.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2011)
Application (10A1244) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 15, 2011.
Application (10A1244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2011 to July 16, 2011, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased et al., Petitioner, represented by Robert J. Tolchin
Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased, et al., Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher
Palestinian Authority, and PLO, Respondent, represented by Laura G. Ferguson
American Petroleum Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter B. Rutledge
Asid Mohamad, Individually and for the Estate of Azzam Rahim, Deceased, et al. v. Palestinian Authority, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Curtis Gannon
Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrea C. Evans
Former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by William J. Aceves
Joseph E.Stiglitz, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael D. Hausfeld
KBR, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Rivkin Jr.
Larry Bowoto, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marco B. Simons
Law Professors of Civil Liberties and 42 U.S.C-1983, Amicus Curiae, represented by Penny M. Venetis
Nuremberg Scholars Omer Bartov, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer M. Green
Professor Juan Mendez, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, Amicus Curiae, represented by Deena R. Hurwitz
the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Yale Law School Center for Global Legal Challenges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Oona A. Hathaway