Justice Stephen G. Breyer: And the principle that here would apply is what I said, Pirates, Incorporated.
Do you think in the 18th century if they'd brought Pirates, Incorporated, and we get all their gold, and Blackbeard gets up and he says, oh, it isn't me; it's the corporation -- do you think that they would have then said: Oh, I see, it's a corporation. Good-bye. Go home.
[Laughter]
Ms Sullivan: --Justice Breyer, yes, the corporation would not be liable.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer: All right. Well, what source have you--
Ms Sullivan: The corporation would not be liable.
- Transcript from Oral Argument of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.
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