The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I. In the case, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Falun Gong victims of human rights abuses carried out by China can move ahead with claims against Cisco Systems and its executives for their assistance that enabled China to carry out monitoring of Internet activity by Falun Gong members. (See prior posting.) The Supreme Court's grant of review was limited to the questions of whether the Alien Tort Statute and/or the Torture Victim Protection Act allows a judicially implied private right of action for aiding and abetting.
All pleadings and briefs in the case are available from the Docket sheet on the Supreme Court's website. Audio of the oral arguments will be streamed live here by the Court beginning at 10:00 A.M. A recording and a written transcript of the arguments will be posted by the Court here later today. SCOTUSblog has a preview of today's arguments.
