The payout could also spark further court battles invoking the same American law, the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789, originally intended to counter piracy, under which the Shell case was brought.

这些赔偿可能会在法庭判决上更多的引用同一项美国法律，即在1789年制定颁发的外国人侵权索赔法，这项法律原本是用在审判海盗的案件上，现在壳牌案件也应用了这项法律。

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And I charged your judges at that time: Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly, whether the case is between brother Israelites or between one of them and an alien.

当时，我嘱咐你们的审判官说，你们听讼，无论是弟兄彼此争讼，是与同居的外人争讼，都要按公义判断。

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But the world's first widely reported alien abduction — the case against which all other alleged E.T. kidnappings are measured — has never hit the big screen.

但是这篇“世界上首次广泛报道外星人绑架事件”的报道还从未被搬上荧幕。这次事件和以往其它的关于外星人绑架事件的报道不同，它是经过推证的。

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The justices must decide whether a law known as the Alien Tort Statute permits US courts to rule on that case.

BBC: US Supreme Court to hear landmark cases

In that case, he is accused of being an illegal alien, possessing four firearms and false identity documents.

BBC: Eddie Maher

The court heard arguments in February, only to kick the case back with a crucial question: Does the Alien Tort Statute allow such lawsuits at all?

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