American Isuzu Motors, Inc. v. Ntsebeza
| Decision Date | 12 May 2008 |
| Docket Number | No. 07–919.,07–919. |
| Citation | 171 L.Ed.2d 225,128 S.Ct. 2424,76 USLW 3603,553 U.S. 1028,76 USLW 3608,76 USLW 3405 |
| Parties | AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS, INC., et al., petitioners, v. Lungisile NTSEBEZA, et al. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Case below, 504 F.3d 254.
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U.S.C. § 1, and since a majority of the qualified Justices are of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U.S.C. § 2109, which provides that under these circumstances the Court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided Court.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice KENNEDY, Justice BREYER, and Justice ALITO took no part in the...
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The curious history of the Alien Tort Statute.
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