Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

• Decision Date: 17 October 2011
• Docket Number: No. 10–1491.,10–1491.
• Parties: Esther KIOBEL, Individually and on Behalf of Her Late Husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, et al., petitioners, v. ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO., et al.
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

132 S.Ct. 472 (Mem)
181 L.Ed.2d 292

Esther KIOBEL, Individually and on Behalf of Her Late Husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, et al., petitioners
v.
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO., et al.

No. 10–1491.

Supreme Court of the United States

Oct. 17, 2011.

Opinion

Motion of International Law Scholars for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted, and case is to be

132 S.Ct. 473

argued in tandem with No. 11–88, Mohamad v. Rajoub .