United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's civil action under the Alien Tort Statute, seeking damages for a violation of his rights under the Vienna Convention, is reversed where the district court improperly concluded that plaintiff's allegations were insufficient to trigger subject matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2005
• Published 09/27/2005

Judges

• Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brad P. Rosenberg (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Sharon Swingle Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Sec., Washington, DC, for U.S. Amicus Curiae., William P. Hardy, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, IL, for United Counties Council of Illinois, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerome P. Lyke (argued), Flynn, Palmer & Tague, Champaign, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.