Legal Opinion
Chowdhury v. Worldtel Bangladesh Holding, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 2014No. 09-4483-cvPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
Defendants in this action, an individual corporate officer and an affiliated company, appeal from a judgment entered against them by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brian M. Cogan, Judge) following a trial and jury verdict. Defendants were found liable for torture under the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (“TVPA”), 106 Stat. 73, note following *4528 U.S.C. § 1350. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment insofar as its rests on the claim brought under the…
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