User:Aaditya Bader/Alien Tort Statute

John Doe vs. Nestle Inc.
The ongoing John Doe I vs. Nestle case ties Nestle USA Inc., and Cargill Inc. to forced child labour in the Ivory Coast for harvesting cocoa. Since the ATS can be interpreted by each circuit individually the ninth and fourth circuits supported investigating whether or not Nestle was liable. The ninth circuit and the fourth circuit conducted tests such as the “norm-by-norm analysis” to determine whether or not Nestle could be considered guilty. Whereas the Second anti-corporate liability viewpoint, they believed that holding Nestle liable would open the gateways to an increase in cases against US-based corporations.