Mealey's (October 26, 2018, 1:01 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A class suit under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) by former child slaves against cocoa bean manufacturers, purchasers, processors and retail sellers was reinstated Oct. 23 by a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which ruled that the landscape on which the plaintiffs constructed their claims changed with Jesner v. Arab Bank and RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community and that an amendment must be permitted (John Doe I, et al. v. Nestle, S.A., et al., No. 17-55435, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS)....