Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe · ¶29
Our starting point is Sosa’s key insight: The ATS “is a jurisdictional statute creating no new causes of action.” 542 U. S., at 724. Put differently, “[a]s enacted in 1789, the ATS gave the district courts ‘cognizance’ of certain causes of action,” which “bespoke a grant of jurisdiction, not power to mold substantive law.” Id., at 713.Read in context ›
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