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They sought to impose liability on the bank for the conduct of it\u2019s human agents, including high-ranking bank officials. The petitioners claimed that the Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) was used by the bank to facilitate dollar-denominated transactions that benefited terrorists and that it laundered money for a Texas-based charity allegedly affiliated with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The issue was applicability of the provision of the Statute, which provided that, \u201cthe district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court squarely applied the decision in <em>Kiobel<\/em> v. <em>Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/BTh35H2H\">2013 SCC OnLine US SC 24 : 569 U.S 108 (2013)<\/a> in which it was held that the Alien Tort Statute does not extend to suits against foreign corporations when \u2018all the relevant conduct took place outside the United States\u2019. 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