Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Pending
Docket Number
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
1. Whether the ATA authorizes liability for aiding and abetting acts of terror based on aid that is (1) neither tied to any specific attack nor systemic and pervasive and (2) provided without any desire to help the attacks succeed.
2. Whether the ATA’s proximate cause requirement authorizes direct liability for acts of terror based on allegations that defendants transacted with a foreign-government agency that performed legitimate functions.
Case Updates
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant review and limit overbroad liability for ordinary business conduct under Anti-Terrorism Act
August 04, 2023
Andrew Pincus, Robert W. Hamburg, and Benjamin D. Bright of Mayer Brown LLP served as outside counsel.
The Chamber previously filed several amicus briefs in this case before the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Atchley v. Astrazeneca UK Ltd. (D.C. Circuit)
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Astrazeneca UK Ltd. v. Atchley (U.S. Supreme Court)