BALINTULO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Nos. 14-4104, 14-4129, 14-4132, 14-3589, 14-4130, 14-4135, 14-3607, 14-4131, 14-4136.

796 F.3d 160 (2015)

Sakwe BALINTULO, as personal representative of Saba Balintulo, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR CO., International Business Machines Corp., Defendants-Movants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hoffman ( Diane E. Sammons , Nagel Rice, LLP, Roseland, NJ; Michael D. Hausfeld , Kristen M. Ward , Hausfeld, Washington, DC, on the brief), Schonbrun, Desimone, Seplow, Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jonathan Hacker ( Anton Melitsky , on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Movant Ford Motor Company.

Keith R. Hummel ( Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal , James E. Canning , on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Movant International Business Machines Corporation.

Before: CABRANES, HALL, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.


This appeal presents the question of whether plaintiffs, victims of South African apartheid, have plausibly alleged relevant conduct committed within the United States that is sufficient to rebut the Alien Tort Statute's presumption against extraterritoriality.

We hold that they have not.

Accordingly...

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