John Doe 1 v. Apple Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a “direct and continuous relationship” beyond the mere purchasing of a commodity may amount to “participation in a venture”
• holding that allegations of child labor, while “[n]o doubt [] abhorrent[,]” did not meet the statutory definition of forced labor
• holding to the contrary where the defendant only “purchas[ed] a commodity”
• deeming insufficient plaintiffs’ allegations that the technology companies, with others, “control at least 80-85 percent of the DRC cobalt supply chain”
• relying on dictionary definitions to define 16 participation in a venture in section 1595
• defining “venture” as a “business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  District of Columbia· 2025-01-16
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  District of Columbia· 2025-03-07
• Mia v. Kimberly Clark Corporation
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-10
• Issouf Coubaly v. Cargill Incorporated
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-07-22
• Henkel v. United States Department of Education
  District of Columbia· 2025-07-22
• Nicole Pileggi v. Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-08-12
• Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Biden
  District of Columbia· 2026-03-06
• G.W. v. Northbrook Industries, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2026-03-30

Cites

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

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
  Supreme Court· 2016-05-16· cited 7,043×
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,797×
• Allen v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 4,763×
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 3,605×
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez
  Supreme Court· 2021-06-25· cited 3,213×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 2,318×
• Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-05· cited 603×
• Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski
  Supreme Court· 2021-03-08· cited 491×
• Carney v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 2020-12-10· cited 257×
• Halberstam v. Welch
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-04-12· cited 227×
• Chantal Attias v. CareFirst, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2017-08-01· cited 210×
• Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer
  Supreme Court· 1995-01-18· cited 196×
• Haitian Refugee Center v. James S. Gracey, Admiral/commandant, United States Coast Guard
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-01-09· cited 150×
• Dearth v. Holder
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-04-15· cited 144×
• Tozzi v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  D.C. Circuit· 2001-11-23· cited 143×
• Ricchio v. McLean
  First Circuit· 2017-04-05· cited 133×
• G.G. v. Salesforce.com, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2023-08-03· cited 105×