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**Full-text: November 12 2002 Schneider, 310 F. Supp. 2d 251 (March 30 2004), subsequently, 412 F.3d 190 (No. 04-5199, June 28 2005) (U.S.-Chile, murder of René Schneider, Oct. 22 1970).**

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed, Nov 12 2002, Nancy Mayer Whittington, Clerk U.S. District Court

Civ. No. 01-1902 (HHK)

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René Schneider, et al.,	)
Plaintiffs,	)
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v.	)
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Henry A. Kissinger, et al.,	)
Defendants.	)
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Notice to the Court of Supplemental Authority

Plaintiffs by counsel respectfully request the Court to take judicial notice of John Doe I, et al. v. Unocal Corp. {356kb.pdf}, Nos. 00-56603, 00-57197, 00-57195, 2002 WL 31063976 (9th Cir. Sept. 18, 2002). This opinion supports propositions set forth in Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Cross-Motion to Strike Certification of Scope of Employment, filed Dec. 17, 2001.

Specifically, the opinion soundly supports Plaintiffs’ arguments that the Alien Torts Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (“ATCA”), provides jurisdiction and a cause of action for claims that constitute violations of jus cogens norms, and that torture and murder are violations of jus cogens norms. (Pls.’ Consolidated Opp’n to Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss and Cross-Mot. to Strike Certification of Scope of Employment at 24.) The court in Unocal affirms that “[o]ne threshold question in any ATCA case is whether the alleged tort is a violation of the law of nations” and that “torture, murder, and slavery are jus cogens violations and, thus, violations of the law of nations.” Unocal {356kb.pdf}, 2002 WL 31063976 at 8.

Subsequently, rehearing granted {24kb.pdf} Feb. 14 2003, rehearing enbanc July 17 2003 {transcript: 90kb.doc}, rehearing suspended Dec. 9 2003 pending decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, on certiorari from Alvarez-Machain v. United States {400kb}, 331 F.3d 604 (9th Cir., No. 99-56762, June 3 2003) (en banc: 11 Judges) (U.S. kidnapping), reversed, June 29 2004 (U.S., Nos. 03-339, 03-485) {785kb.pdf}. For such subsequent events, see, generally, Status of Pending En Banc Cases (9th Circuit, Court of Appeals). –CJHjr {p.2}

Respectfully submitted,

Signature: Michael E. Tigar

{Signature}

Michael E. Tigar, Esq.
Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202)-274-4088
D.C. Bar No. 103762

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: November 12, 2002
Washington, DC {p.3}

______________________

Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that on this 12th day of November, 2002, I served by first-class mail, postage pre-paid, a true copy of the foregoing Notice to the Court of Supplemental Authority thereof on counsel for Defendants listed below:

Richard Montague
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division
Suite 8122
1425 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20005

Attorney for Defendants

Signature: Francisco Rivera

{Signature}

Francisco Rivera

Source: Photocopy of a duplicate original (the Court’s file copy).

By CJHjr: Scanned, converted to text (OCR: FineReader 6.0), formatted (xhtml/css), links, text {in braces}.

This case: Schneider v. Kissinger, complaint filed, Sept. 10 2001, refused to adjudicate, 310 F. Supp. 2d 251 (D.D.C., No. 01-CV-01902, March 30 2004), affirmed refusal to adjudicate, 412 F.3d 190 {justia, 64kb.pdf, 64kb.pdf} (D.C. Cir., No. 04-5199, June 28 2005), refused to review refusal to adjudicate, certiorari denied, 547 U.S. __ (U.S., No. 05-743, April 17 2006).

Next: Plaintiffs’ Notice to the Court of Suggestion of Death (Nov. 12 2002) of Richard Helms.

Commentary: The murder of René Schneider.

This document is not copyrighted and may be freely copied.

Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

CJHjr

Posted May 13 2003. Updated March 6 2008.

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