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August 2005 Nestl filed a motion to force the disclosure of the names of the
former child slave plaintiffs and a motion to dismiss the case.
July 2006 the court ordered further briefings to be filed on various issues
related to aiding and abetting standards.
September 2010 the case was dismissed and could not be brought under the
Alien Tort Claims Act due to existing authorities not demonstrating that
corporate liability was sufficiently well established and universal to satisfy a
claim under the Alien Tort Claims Act. The plaintiffs appealed the dismissal.
December 2013 the 2010 ruling was overturned and the plaintiffs were
allowed to refile the lawsuit.
September 2014 the federal appeals court replaced its December 2013
opinion with an expanded one reversing and vacating the lower court's
dismissal of the case.
September 2015 the defendants petitioned the Supreme Court to throw out
the federal appeals courts ruling and want it to decide if companies are
subject to liability under the Alien Tort Claims Act.