Aziz v. Alcolac, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• acknowledging, prior to Mohamad, that “[v]irtually every court to address the issue”has recognized “secondary liability for violations of international law since the founding of the Republic”(quoting Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 654 F.3d 11, 19 (D.C. Cir. 2011
• acknowledging, prior to Mohamad , that \[v]irtually every court to address the issue\ has recognized \secondary liability for violations of international law since the founding of the Republic\ (quoting Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 654 F.3d 11 , 19 (D.C. Cir. 2011
• \[S]tatements of bare legal conclusions are not entitled to the assumption of truth and are insufficient to state a claim[.]\
• “In our view, then, when Congress uses the noun ‘individual’—rather than the broader term ‘person’—it should ordinarily be construed to ■mean a human being or natural person.”
• “[W]hen Congress uses the noun ‘individual’—rather than the broader term ‘person’—it should ordinarily be construed to mean a human being or natural person.”
• “In our view, then, when Congress uses the noun ‘individual’—rather than the broader term ‘person’—it should ordinarily be construed to mean a human being or natural person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).