Doe v. Unocal Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that after Tel-Oren, individual liability remained for a handful of private acts, including piracy and slave trading
• “where there is a ‘substantial degree of cooperative action’ between the state and private actors in effecting the deprivation of rights, state action is present.”
• complaint adequately alleged that Unocal was “jointly engaged with the state officials in the challenged activity, namely forced labor and other human rights violations in furtherance of the pipeline project”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  Second Circuit· 2010-09-17· cited 417×
• Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. New Jersey· 1999-10-28· cited 155×
• Papa v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-02-25· cited 80×
• Doe, John v. Exxon Mobil Corp
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-01-12· cited 65×
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Kavlin
  S.D. Florida· 1997-09-09· cited 51×
• Sarei v. Rio Tinto PLC.
  C.D. California· 2002-07-09· cited 45×
• Marie Jeanne Jean v. Carl Dorelien
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-12-01· cited 35×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-18· cited 33×
• Doe v. Rafael Saravia
  E.D. California· 2004-11-24· cited 22×
• Tachiona v. Mugabe
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-30· cited 17×
• Villeda Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2003-12-12· cited 16×
• Hwang Geum Joo v. Japan
  District of Columbia· 2001-10-04· cited 11×
• Cabello Barrueto v. Fernandez Larios
  S.D. Florida· 2002-06-05· cited 11×
• Arce v. Garcia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-02-28· cited 11×
• Adhikari v. Daoud & Partners
  S.D. Texas· 2009-11-03· cited 9×
• Doe v. Unocal Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-18· cited 9×
• Doe v. Unocal Corp.
  C.D. California· 1999-08-05· cited 7×
• First Merchants Collection Corp. v. Republic of Argentina
  S.D. Florida· 2002-01-31· cited 2×
• Juan Romagoza Arce v. Jose Guillermo Garcia
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-02-28· cited 1×

Cites

54 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police Agent
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-11· cited 5,771×
• Hal Roach Studios, Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Richard Feiner and Company, Inc., a New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-02-22· cited 2,784×
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 1,835×
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A.
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,685×
• Dennis v. Sparks
  Supreme Court· 1980-11-17· cited 1,661×
• Jerry L. Branch, Valenna Branch, Colby Branch v. Dale L. Tunnell, Individually and as Special Agent of Bureau of Land Management, State of Montana
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-01-12· cited 1,208×
• Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-23· cited 993×
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-23· cited 984×
• Yee v. City of Escondido
  Supreme Court· 1992-04-01· cited 953×
• Emrich v. Touche Ross & Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-05-16· cited 743×
• Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-23· cited 711×
• Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 709×
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Tarkanian
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12· cited 581×
• Nl Industries, Inc. v. Stuart M. Kaplan
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-06-20· cited 487×
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1995-02-21· cited 483×
• Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-12-17· cited 402×
• Underhill v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1897-11-29· cited 379×
• Hanoch Tel-Oren, in His Capacity as Father, on Behalf of the Deceased, Imry Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic Hanoch Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-02-03· cited 311×
• W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International
  Supreme Court· 1990-01-22· cited 278×