Adamu v. Pfizer, Inc.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Pauley
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- motion to dismiss
- State
- New York
- Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Outcome
District court granted Pfizer's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under the Alien Tort Statute due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding that the alleged violations of international law standards (Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, etc.) do not constitute violations of customary international law actionable under the ATS.
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