Summary: The Court this week heard six cases in oral arguments and did not issue any opinion or grant review to any new cases. We review two cases heard in oral arguments this week and one case granted certiorari last week. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Reargument) - a case in which native Nigerians living in the United States claim that the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, a parent company of the Shell Oil companies, committed violations of international law by subjecting their people to murder, torture, looting and other human rights violations. Under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute, foreign nationals can bring tort claims in U.S. courts - but until now, those claims have always been against individuals. The court will determine whether a corporation can be held liable for torts and human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute. Missouri v. McNeely (Grant) - considers whether police may forgo a warrant under the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment Warrant requirement when collecting a nonconsensual blood sample from a person they believe to be a drunk driver on the grounds that alcohol levels naturally dissipate in the bloodstream such that evidence of the crime is being destroyed with each passing second. Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida (Oral Argument) - considers whether a boat turned into a houseboat off the coast of Florida is subject to Federal Maritime jurisdiction. ORAL ARGUMENT TRANSCRIPTS AND AUDIO (click to download) Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (10-1491) Audio Transcript Lozman v. Riviera Beach (11-626) Audio Transcript Kloeckner v. Solis (11-184) Audio Transcript United States v. Bormes (11-192) Audio Transcript Johnson v. Williams (11-465) Audio Transcript Arkansas Game and Fish Comm'n v. United States (11-597) Audio Transcript CERTIORARI GRANTED Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission (11-1274) Levin v. United States (11-1351) Missouri v. McNeely (11-1425) Maracich v. Spears (12-25) Delia v. E.M.A. (12-98) Millbrook v. United States (11-10362)
