This article is cross-posted with the Transnational Litigation Blog. On April 28, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Cisco Systems v. Doe I et al. (Cisco), which asks whether a private U.S. company can ever be sued under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS)—and its CEO sued under the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA)(1992)—for aiding and abetting torture and other gross human rights violations.