By Amy Howe
Publication Date: 2026-04-27 12:50:00
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Nearly 240 years ago, Congress enacted the Alien Tort Statute, which allows foreigners to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts for serious violations of international law. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the latest attempt to define the scope of the ATS. The case, Cisco Systems v. Doe, pits the California-based technology company against a group of Chinese and U.S. citizens seeking to rely on the ATS to hold the company…
