Supreme Court · 2021 Nestlé / Cargill — Cocoa & Child Slavery in Côte d'Ivoire

Six Malian citizens alleged that as children they were trafficked to Ivorian cocoa plantations and forced to work in brutal conditions, suing Nestlé and Cargill for aiding and abetting. The Supreme Court ruled the companies' "mere corporate presence" abroad did not allow the case to proceed under the Alien Tort Statute — a ruling rights advocates warned could shut the door on future supply-chain claims.