# Amicus Curiae Brief — Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Amicus Curiae Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 2013
- **Citation:** 569 U.S. 108

## Text

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A —a Le D “
— JUN 13 2012
No. 10-1491 OFFICE OF THE CLERK
In the

Supreme Court of the Anited States

ESTHER KIOBEL, individually and on behalf of her late
husband, DR. BARINEM KIOBEL, et al.,

Petitioners,
Vv.

ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO., et al.,
Respondents.

On Writ of Certiorari to the United
States Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit

BRIEF ON RE-ARGUMENT OF AMICI CURIAE THE
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS,
ERROL P. MENDES, DAVID PETRASEK, JOHN F.
SHERMAN, III, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION AND INTERNATIONAL
ADVOCACY CLINIC IN SUPPORT OF NEITHER PARTY

JENNIFER GREEN

Counsel of Record

Director, Human Rights Litigation

and International Advocacy Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL
229 19'> Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55455
jmgreen@umn.edu

612-625-7247

Counsel for Amici Curiae

TABLE O N S

INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE .......................

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ....0.0........c cece cceeeeeees

I. PLAC’s Analysis of the Time and Cost of
ATS Litigation Misstates the Facts and

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A. The Majority of ATS Corporate Cases
Have at Least One U.S. Citizen

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B. ATS Cases Account for a Small
Percentage of U.S. District Civil Court

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C. ATS Cases Do Not Last Significantly
Longer than Other Civil Cases and Do

Not Require More Resources ...................-----+-

Il. PLAC Misrepresents ATS Court Opinions
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A. PLAC Misrepresents ATS Direct
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B. PLAC Misrepresents Cases Charging
Corporations With Secondary Liability for
Human Rights Violations ..................-...2..ee00e:

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III. ATS Lawsuits Do Not Unfairly
Cause Reputational Damage to
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Appendix Table of Contents

APPENDIX A
Biographical information about Amici............ App. 1

APPENDIX B
Table of ATS Cases Brought Against
U.S. and Foreign Corporate Defendants......... App. 4

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CASES

Abecassis v. Wyatt, 785 F. Supp. 2d 614
RR I A aR ABS Pe A a ee OE 17

Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc., 562 F.3d 163 (2d
ERE Rr eee ee ees RP OR eRe 19

Adhikari v. Daoud & Partners, 697 F. Supp.
re I Ss Be iitiediceniciccandiccncnscnsess 17, 21

Adhikari v. Daoud & Partners, No. 09-
og fe | RE eeneree 20

Aguilar v. Imperial Nurseries, No. 07-193
eS ES , , eee 21

Ahmed v. Dubai Islamic Bank, No. 08-21564
ES eee g

Al-Quraishi v. Nakhla, 728 F. Supp. 2d 702
ll 22

Al-Razzagq v. Xe, No. 09-626 (S.D. Cal. filed
Ti ccicnteiieietapicnciicepiitncsncidcaebitbaipindbuniaaitian 9,14

Al Shimari v. CACI Int'l, Inc., No. 09-1335,
2012 WL 1656773(4th Cir. May 11, 2012)
as aetidnesaiaii 22

iv
Al-Taee v. L-3 Serv., No. 08-12790 (E.D.

SE, SR CIEE SI, MII iencccescsscnenccsncecnnasnncccane 9

Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.,
Inc., 578 F.3d 1283 (11th Cir. 2009) ................ 10

Almog v. Arab Bank, PLC, 471 F. Supp. 2d
es ee ee ic ST cccetciiccintsiiiisitianennincaninnsene 25

Arndt v. UBS AG, 342 F. Supp. 2d 132
RT SE ciibcietninebinninniemiisiniapnndsameinsen 15, 16

Baloco ex rel. Tapia v. Drummond Co., Inc.,
640 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 2011).....................000. 24

Bano v. Union Carbide Corp., 198 F. App’x
I: a canal 10

Bigio v. Coca-Cola Co., 239 F.3d 440
I a ahnngelie 10

Bowoto v. Chevron Corp., 621 F.3d 1116
II: IIT i socisaliialiitcel deaicieleassindnenddeadaainaiadenhieliniaea 10

Cooperhill Inv. Ltd. v. Rep. of Seychelles, No.
11-962 (S.D.N.Y. filed Feb. 14, 2011)................. i]

Deutsch v. Turner Corp., 317 F.3d 1005 (Sth
aris aITITTIT sisi cenltinbciteibiteeiileieasitasiniiidhtaaaiaaiatiait 14, 31

Doe I v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 05-7307
(C.D. Cal. Tiled Dee. BB, BOOB) ....ccccecccccccessescsscese 7

Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp.,
573 F. Supp. 2d 16 (D.D.C. 2008).................... 26

Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 654 F.3d 11 (D.C.
Tir, III isissccieisiienbeheiiicaesiaiedindadieanindeniumaneieiaiiaeamenin 7, 26

Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 01-01357
(unpublished opinion, filed July 13, 2007) ...... 11

Doe v. Unocal Corp., 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D.
HI TUTTI c Ganges Chase Manhattan -
21 | Paribas, 114 F. Supp. Chic Mino;
2d 117 (E.D.N.Y 2000) ee Saree
Bowoto v. Chevron
22 | Corp., 621 F. 3d 1116 a
(9th Cir. 2010) ueeareies
Corrie v. Caterpillar,
23 | Inc., 403 F. Supp. 2d Peoria, Illinois

1019 (W.D. Wash. 2005)

App. 8

24

Cunzhu v. Yahoo!, Inc.,
2008 WL 1894039 (N.D.
Cal. filed Feb. 22, 2008)

Sunnyvale, California

Daobin v. Cisco
Systems, Inc., 2011 WL

25 | 3962879 (D. Md. filed | "2" 9°8® California
June 6, 2011)
Deutsch v. Turner
26 | Corp., 317 F. 3d 1005 California
(9th Cir. 2003)
Diaz v. Grupo Mexico, Americas Mining
97 Inc., 2010 WL 1944094 Corp. - Arizona;
(D.Ariz. filed April 22, Southern Copper
2010) Corp. — Arizona
Doe I v. Cisco Systems,
Inc., 2011 WL 1338057 , ;
28 (E.D. Tex. filed May 19, San Jose, California
2011)
Doe I. v. Wal-Mart
99 Stores, Inc., 2005 WL Bentonville,
4049637 (C.D. Cal. filed Arkansas

Dec. 23, 2005)

App. 9

30

Doe v. Drummond Co.,

Inc., 2010 WL 2572422

(N.D. Ala. filed June 14,
2010)

Birmingham,
Alabama

31

Doe v. Exxon Mobil
Corp., 654 F. 3d 11
(D.C. Cir. 2011)

Irving, Texas

32

Doe v. Nestle, S.A., 748
F. Supp. 2d 1057 (C.D.
Cal. 2010)

ADM - Decatur,
Illinois; Cargill, Inc -
Minnetonka,
Minnesota

33

Doe v. Neveleff, 2011
WL 5027754 (W.D. Tex.
filed Oct. 19, 2011)

Nashville, Tennessee

34

Estate of Manook v.
Research Triangle
Institute, Intern., 759 F.
Supp. 2d 674 (E.D.N.C.
2010)

Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina

35

Estate of Rodriguez v.

Drummond Co. Inc.,

256 F. Supp. 2d 1250
(N.D. Ala. 2003)

Birmingham,
Alabama

App. 10

36

Fiouris v. Turkish
Cypriot Community,
2010 WL 7378418
(D.D.C. filed July 20,
2010)

HSBC USA, N.A. -
Buffalo, New York

37

Flomo v. Firestone
Natural Rubber, 744 F.
Supp. 2d 810 (S.D. Ind.

2010)

Nashville, Tennessee

38

Flores v. Southern Peru
Copper Corp., 343 F. 3d
140 (2d Cir. 2003)

Arizona

39

Ge v. Shanghai
Municipal Branch
Committee of Chinese
Communist Party, 2010
WL 4235973 (S.D.N.Y.
filed Oct. 10, 2010)

ThyssenKrupp USA -
Washington, D.C.

40

Genocide Victims of
Krajina v. L-3 Services,
Inc., No. 10-5197, 2011

WL 3625055 (N.D. Ill.
Aug. 17, 2011)

New York City, New
York

App. 11

Giraldo v. Drummond

41 Co., Inc., 2011 WL Birmingham,
4863942 (N.D. Ala. filed Alabama
Sept. 29, 2011)
Guanipa v. Chavez, ,
42, |2009 WL 1392253 (S.D. ye a
Fla. filed May 12, 2009) ;
Guzman-Martinez v.
Corrections Corp. of
43 America, 2011 WL Nashville, Tennessee
6062622 (D. Ariz. Filed
Dec. 5, 2011)
Hamid v. Price .
44 | Waterhouse, 51 F. 3d pe ggg
1411 (9th Cir. 1995) .
Hassoon v. Xe, 2009 WL
45 |1953283 (S.D. Cal. filed} Arlington, Virginia
Apr. 1, 2009)
Ibrahim v. Titan Corp.,
46 391 F. Supp. 2d 10 (|San Diego, California

(D.D.C. 2005)

App. 12

47

In re African-American
Slave Descendants
Litig., 304 F.Supp.2d
1027 (N.D. Ill. 2004)

FleetBoston Financial
- Boston,
Massachusetts.; CSX
- Jacksonville, Florida

48

In re Chiquita Brands
Intern. Inc. Alien Tort
Statute Shareholder
Derivative Litigation,
792 F. Supp. 2d 1301
(S.D. Fla. 2011)

Cincinnati, Ohio

49

In re Terrorist Attacks

Supp. 2d 494 (S.D.N.Y.
2010)

on September 11, 740 F.

Al Haramain Islamic
Foundation, Inc. -
Ashland, Oregon

50

In re South African
Apartheid Litig., 633 F.
Supp. 2d 117 (S.D.N.Y.

2009)

Ford - Dearborn,
Michigan; GM -
Detroit, Michigan;
IBM - Armonk, New
York

51

In re XE Services Alien

2d 569 (E.D. Va. 2009)

Tort Litig., 665 F. Supp.

Virgina

App. 13

52

Iwanowa v. Ford Motor
Co., 67 F. Supp. 2d 424
(D.N.J. 1999)

Dearborn, Michigan

53

Jama v. Esmor
Correctional Services,
Inc., 577 F. 3d 169 (3d

Cir. 2009)

Melville, New York
(Originally),
Relocated to

Sarasota, Florida

54

Jarallah v. Xe, 2009 WL
1350958 (S.D. Cal. filed
Mar. 27, 2009)

Arlington, Virginia

55

Khulumani v. Barclay
Nat. Bank Ltd., 509 F.
3d 148 (2d Cir. 2007)

Ford - Dearborn,
Michigan; GM -
Detroit, Michigan;
IBM - Armonk, New
York

Kruman v. Christie's
Int'l PLC, 129 F. Supp.
2d 620 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)

Sotheby's Inc — New
York, New York

57

Licci v. American Exp.
Bank Ltd., 704 F. Supp.
2d 403 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)

New York City, New
York

App. 14

58

Lim v. Government of
Singapore, 2011 WL
2428948 (N.D. Ill. filed
June 14, 2011)

Hayward, California

Magnifico v. Villanueva,

Miami, Florida and

59 | 783 F. Supp. 2d 1217
WwW
(S.D. Fla. 2011) Madison, Wisconsin
Manook v. Unity
60 Resources Group, 2008 | Triangle Park, North

WL 310879 (D.D.C. filed
Jan. 17, 2008)

Carolina

Margallo-Gans v.
Farrell, 2009 WL

©) | 5120739 @.8.D. flea | "O° Arizona
Oct. 16, 2009)
Mastafa v. Chevron
62 | Corp., 759 F. Supp. 2d a
297 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
Maugein v. Newmont
63 Mining Corp., 298 F. Greenwood Village,
Supp. 2d 1124 (D.Colo. Colorado

2004)

App. 15

64

Mendonca v. Tidewater,
Inc., 159 F. Supp. 2d
299 (E.D. La. 2001)

New Orleans,
Louisiana/ Houston,
Texas

65

Mohamed v. Erinys
International Ltd., 2010
WL 2679426 (S.D. Tex.

filed Apr. 28, 2010)

NOUR USA, Ltd. -
Vienna, Virginia

66

Mohamed v. Jeppesen
Dataplan, Inc., 614 F.
3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2010)

Englewood, Colorado

Mujica v. Occidental

67 Petroleum Corp., 381 F. Los Angeles,
Supp. 2d 1164 (C.D. California
Cal. 2005)
National Coalition
Government of Union of .
68 | Burma v. Unocal, Inc., - amy
California

176 F.R.D. 329 (C.D.
Cal. 1997)

69

Ponce-Rubio v. North
Brevard, Inc., 2003 WL
23772118 (M.D. Fla.
filed Oct. 3, 2002)

Cocoa, Brevard
County, Florida

App. 16

Prince Hotel, SA v.
Blake Marine Grp., 433

70 F. Appx 706 (11th Cir. Harvey, Louisiana
2011)
Bridgestone Americas
Roe v. Bridgestone Holding, Inc.-
71 | Corp., 257 F.R.D. 159 |Nashville, Tennessee;
(S.D. Ind. 2009) Firestone Polymers,
LLC — Ohio
Roe v. Unocal Corp., 70
72 | F. Supp. 2d 1073 (C.D. a
Cal. 1999)
Sa'‘adoon v. Xe, 2009
73 | WL 761253 (S.D. Cal. | Arlington, Virginia
filed Mar. 19, 2009)
Saldana v. Occidental
74 Petroleum Corp., 2011 Los Angeles,
WL 5142961 (C.D. Cal. California
filed Oct. 20, 2011)
Saleh v. Titan Corp.,
75 | 580 F. 3d1(D.C. Cir. |San Diego, California

2009)

App. 17

76

Saharkhiz v. Nokia
Corp., 2010 WL
3375217 (E.D. Va. filed
Aug. 16, 2010)

Nokia Inc. — New
York, New York;
Siemens Corp White
Plains, New York;
Nokia Siemens
Networks US, LLC, -
Atlanta, Georgia

Shiguango v. Occidental

77 Petroleum Corp., 2009 Los Angeles,
WL 2921372 (C.D. Cal. California
filed Aug. 10, 2006)
Sinaltrainal v. Coca-
78 |Cola Co., 578 F. 3d 1252} Atlanta, Georgia

(11th Cir. 2009)

79

Sinaltrainal v. Nestle
USA, Inc., 2006 WL
3668381 (S.D. Fla. filed
Oct. 31, 2006)

Nestle USA —
California

80

Siswinarti v. Jennifer
Shien Ng, 2005 WL
2511406 (D.N.J. filed
Aug. 16, 2005)

Portland, Oregon

App. 18

Turedi v. Coca-Cola Co.,

81 460 F. Supp. 2d 507 Atlanta, Georgia
(S.D.N.Y. 2006)
Vieira v. Eli Lilly and
89 Co., 2009 WL 3150953

2009)

(S.D. Ind. filed Sept. 25,

Indianapolis, Indiana

Viet. Ass'n for Victims
of Agent Orange v. Dow

Dow - Midland,
Michigan; Monsanto -
Creve Coeur,
Missouri; Hercules -

83 Wilmington
Chem. Co., 517 F. 3d_ | Delaware; Occidental
104 (2d Cir. 2008) - Dallas, Texas;
Uniroyal -
Middlebury,
Connecticut
Wang Xiaoning v.
84 Yahoo! Inc., 2007 WL

Apr. 18, 2007)

1511131 (N.D. Cal. filed

Sunnyvale, California

85

Zhen v. Yahoo!, Inc.,

2009 WL 1241004 (N.D.
Cal. filed Feb. 26, 2009)

Sunnyvale, California

App. 19

86

Zheng v. Yahoo, Inc.,
2008 WL 4056779 (N.D.
Cal. filed June 16, 2008)

Sunnyvale, California

—_——

Case Headquarters
Il. Cases with Only Foreign Companies
Benjamins v. British Ruilshlip, London

87 | European Airways, 572 Borough of

F. 2d 913 (2d Cir. 1978)

Hillingdon, UK.

88

Eastman Keaak Co. v.
Kavlin, 978 F. Supp.
1078 (S.D. Fla. 1997)

La Paz, Bolivia

89

Hereros ex rel. Riruako
v. Deutsche Afrika-
Linien Gmbit & Co.,
232 F. Appx. 90 (3d Cir.
2007)

Hamburg, Germany

App. 20

90

Hidalgo v. Siemens AG,
2011 WL 74581 (S.D.
Fla. filed Jan. 11, 2011)

Munich, Germany

91

Holocaust Victims of
Bank Theft v. Maygyar
Nemzeti Bank, No. 10-
1884, 2011 WL 1900340

(N.D. Dll. May 18, 2011)

Budapest, Hungary

92

Licea v. Curacao
Drydock Co., 584 F.
Supp. 2d 1355 (S.D. Fla
2008)

Curacao, Netherlands
Antilles

93

Linde v. Arab Bank,
PLC, 269 F.R.D. 186
(E.D.N.Y. 2010)

Amman, Jordan

94

Liu Bo Shan v. China

Const. Bank Corp., 421

Fed. Appx. 89 (2d Cir.
2011)

Beijing, People's
Republic of China

App. 21

95

Presbyterian Church of
Sudan v. Talisman
Energy, Inc., 582 F. 3d
244 (2d Cir. 2009)

Calgary, Alberta,
Canada

96

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC,
Nos. 02-56256, 02-
56390, 09-56381, 2011
WL 5041927 (9th Cir.
Oct. 25, 2011)

London, UK

97

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch
Petroleum Co., 226 F.
3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000)

Nigeria

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98

Ahmed v. Dubai Islamic
Bank, 2008 WL
2935356 (S.D. Fla. filed
June 2, 2008)

Dubai, U.A.E.

99

&. 4
Bera v. Shell Petroleum
Development Company
of Nigeria Ltd., 2011
WL 5522680 (S.D.N.Y.
filed Nov. 14, 2011)

Nigeria

App. 22

100

Cooperhill Inv. Ltd. v.

Rep. of Seychelles, 2011

WL 601962 (S.D.N-Y.
filed Feb. 14, 2011)

Seychelles

101

Kaplan v. Al Jazeera,
2011 WL 2941526
(S.D.N.Y. filed July 18,
2011)

Doha, Qatar

102

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch
Petroleum Co., 642 F.
3d 268 (2d Cir. 2011)

The Hague,
Netherlands

103

Luu v. Int'l Inv. Trade

& Service Group, 2011

WL 1398984 (S.D. Tex.
filed Apr. 13, 2011)

Vietnam

104

Okpabi v. Royal Dutch
Shell, PLC, 2011 WL
5027193 (E.D. Mich.
Filed Oct. 18, 2011)

The Hague,
Netherlands

App. 23

105

Tymoshenko v. Firtash,
2011 WL 1560364
(S.D.N.Y. filed Apr. 26,
2011)

Zug, Switzerland

106

Victims of the
Hungarian Holocaust v.
Hungarian State
Railways, 2010 WL
560777 (N.D. Ill. filed
Feb. 9, 2010)

Budapest, Hungary

efurtocionion Camien

107

Aikpitanhi v. Iberia
Airlines of Spain, 553 F.

Supp. 2d 872 (E.D.
Mich. Mar. 31, 2008)

London, United
Kingdom

108

Anderman v. Federal
Rep. of Austria, 256 F.
Supp. 2d 1098 (C.D.
Cal. 2003)

Austria

109

Arndt v. UBS AG, 342
F. Supp. 2d 132
(E.D.N.Y. 2004)

Zurich and Basel,
Switzerland

App. 24

110

Chowdhury v. WorldTel
Bangladesh Holding,
Ltd., 588 F. Supp. 2d
375 (E.D.N.Y. 2008)

Bangladesh

lll

Azer., 349 F. Supp. 2d
736 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

Daventree Ltd. v. Rep. of

Zurich, Switzerland

112

Tamam v. Fransabank
Sal, 677 F. Supp. 2d
720 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)

Beirut, Lebanon

113

Whiteman v. Fed. Rep.
of Austria, 2002 WL
34593773 (S.D.N.Y.
filed Nov. 12, 2002)

Austria

App. 25

No Corporate
Defendants

114

Abrams v. Societe
Nationale des Chemins
de Fer Francais, 175 F.
Supp. 2d 423 (E.D.N-Y.

2001)

Montparnasse,
France

Orkin v. Swiss
Confederation, No. 11-
1414, 2011 WL 4822343
(2d Cir. Oct. 12, 2011)

Switzerland

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