Schneider v. Kissinger

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• stating that there existed no judicially manageable standards to evaluate Dr. Henry Kissinger’s actions in support of the 1973 Chilean coup and the kidnaping of a Chilean general
• dismissing complaint on political question ground but holding, alternatively, that ATS “cannot be violated for purposes of [Westfall Act’s statutory violation exception]”
• dismissing complaint on political question ground but holding, alternatively, that ATS “cannot be violated for purposes of [Westfall Act’s statutory violation exception]”
• \Dr. Kissinger was most assuredly acting pursuant to U.S. law ... despite the fact that his alleged foreign co-conspirators may have been acting under color of Chilean law.\

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