U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2013

Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided July 26, 2013 · Kavanaugh, Rogers, Tatel

527 F. App'x 7

Counsel

Terrence Collingsworth, Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Washington, DC, Agnieszka Fryszman, Kathleen M. Konopka, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun De-simone Seplow Harris Hoffman & Harrison LLP, Venice, CA, for Appellants., Alex Young Kyong Oh, Theodore V. Wells, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, Walter Del-linger, Jonathan Hacker, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Martin James Weinstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Cases that cite this one

37 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (D.C. Cir. 2019)
John Doe I v. Exxon Mobil Corp (District Court, District of Columbia 2014)
In re Arab Bank, PLC Alien Tort Statute Litigation (2d Cir. 2016)
John Doe I v. Exxon Mobil Corp (District Court, District of Columbia 2019)
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC (Supreme Court of the United States 2018)
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC (Supreme Court of the United States 2018)
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC (Supreme Court of the United States 2018)
Suhail Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (4th Cir. 2026)
Reynolds v. Higginbottom (District Court, N.D. Illinois 2022)
Ramchandra Adhikari v. Daoud & Partners, et (5th Cir. 2017)
John Doe I v. Nestle, USA (9th Cir. 2013)
Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (9th Cir. 2024)
Doe I v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (9th Cir. 2023)
Roberts v. Islamic Republic of Iran (District Court, District of Columbia 2022)
John Doe I v. Exxon Mobil Corp (District Court, District of Columbia 2022)
Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe (Supreme Court of the United States 2021)
Mwani v. United States (District Court, District of Columbia 2021)
Matos Rodriguez v. Pan American Health Organization (District Court, District of Columbia 2020)
Bassem Al-Tamimi v. Sheldon Adelson (D.C. Cir. 2019)
John Doe v. Nestle, S.A. (9th Cir. 2019)
Ofisi v. Bnp Paribas S.A. (District Court, District of Columbia 2018)
Doe 1 v. Buratai (District Court, District of Columbia 2018)
Boniface v. Viliena (District Court, District of Columbia 2018)
John Doe v. Nestle, S.A. (9th Cir. 2018)
Boniface v. Viliena (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2018)

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Opinion of the Court

JUDGMENT

These causes came to be heard on the record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and were argued by counsel. On consideration thereof and in light of intervening changes in governing law regarding the extraterritorial reach of the Alien Tort Statute, see Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1659, 185 L.Ed.2d 671 (2013), and the standard to be applied for aiding and abetting liability, see Prosecutor v. Perisic, Case No. IT-04-81-T Judgment (Feb. 28, 2013), it is

ORDERED that the judgment filed July 8, 2011, be vacated. It is

FURTHER ORDERED and ADJUDGED that in light of Kiobel and Peri-sic, the dismissal of the Alien Tort Statute claims be remanded to the District Court for further consideration. It is

FURTHER ORDERED and ADJUDGED in accordance with this court’s opinion issued July 8, 2011, that the judgment of the District Court be affirmed as to the dismissal of appellants’ Torture Victim Protection Act claims and be reversed as to the dismissal of appellants’ non-federal tort claims (Parts IV & VI of the opinion).

The cases are hereby remanded to the District Court for further proceedings in accordance with this judgment.

The Clerk is directed to issue the mandate forthwith.

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