Supreme Court· 4/18/2012

Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority

Citations

132 S. Ct. 1702
182 L. Ed. 2d 720
2012 U.S. LEXIS 3108
566 U.S. 449
23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 272
80 U.S.L.W. 4339
2012 WL 1314011

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determining whether organizations are suable as “individuals” under the Torture Victims Protection Act
determining whether organizations are suable as “individuals” under the Torture Victims Protection Act
reminding the parties that “’reliance on legislative history is unnecessary in light of the statute’s unambiguous language’ ” (quoting Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States, 559 U.S. 229, 236 n.3, 130 S.Ct. 1324, 176 L.Ed.2d 79 (2010))
“[N]o legislation pursues its purposes at all costs, and petitioners’ purposive argument simply cannot overcome the force of the plain text.”
“[T]he text of the statute persuades us that the Act authorizes liability solely against natural persons.”
“[W]e presume that words used more than once in the same statute have the same meaning throughout.”

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