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Access to Justice

Ensuring that the courthouse doors remain open to all Americans
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Summary

The Constitution guarantees citizens the ability to vindicate their rights in court. CAC fights to protect that right and ensure that all Americans get their day in an impartial court of law.

Access to Justice in Brief

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In recent years, the Supreme Court has attempted to close courthouse doors to Americans seeking to vindicate their rights. CAC fights this trend by working to protect access to justice for all.

Featured Case

Corporate Accountability April 24, 2018

Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC

Between 2004 and 2010, five separate lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court claiming that Arab Bank, a multinational corporation based in Jordan, knowingly used its New York branch to finance international terrorism that led to suicide bombings and other attacks that resulted in the death, capture, or injury of thousands of innocent civilians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Victims of these terrorist attacks, their family members, and representatives of their estates all sued under the ATS. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the suits on the ground that corporations cannot be sued under the ATS for...

Case Timeline

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