Filartiga v. Pena-Irala

How courts have described this case

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

• finding on remand that choice of law analysis required application of Paraguay law because all of die parties were residents of that country and the underlying events happened there
• “In concert with the other nations of the world Paraguay prohibited torture and thereby reaped the benefits the condemnation brought with it. Paraguayan citizens may not pretend that no such condemnation exists”
• after entry of default, the court determined an award of damages by “lookfing] first to Paraguayan law in determining the remedy for the violation of international law”
• “The nature of the acts is plainly important.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).