West Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and Allen R. Mock, M.D. v. Dr. Patsy Cipoletti, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of June Cipoletti

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• holding that the ATS does not apply to violations of the law of nations occurring within territory of a sovereign other than the United States
• deciding that the presumption against extraterritoriality constrains federal courts from hearing causes of action under the ATS “seeking relief for violations of the law of nations occurring outside the United States”
• holding that the ATS does not authorize an 16 action for a tort that occurred entirely outside of the United States
• deciding that the presumption against extraterritoriality constrains federal courts from hearing causes of action under the ATS “seeking relief for violations of the law of nations occurring outside the United States”
• noting that “on these facts, all the relevant conduct took place outside the United States”
• recognizing, that the Supreme Court “has generally treated the high seas the same as foreign soil for purposes of the presumption against extraterritorial application”

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