Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court. † The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA or Act), 106 Stat. 73 , note following 28 U. S. C. § 1350 , authorizes a cause of action against “[a]n individual” for acts of torture and extrajudicial killing committed under authority or color of law of an…
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