Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
569 U.S. 108 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Applied the presumption against extraterritoriality to claims under the Alien Tort Statute.
Scope and limitations: Claims that sufficiently touch and concern the United States may present different questions; other remedies remain distinct.
1 issue placement
Global Democracy, Human Rights & Anti-Authoritarianism
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Global Democracy, Human Rights & Anti-Authoritarianism. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Claims that sufficiently touch and concern the United States may present different questions; other remedies remain distinct.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.