On October 1st, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that will decide whether the legacy of Doe v. Unocal - that corporations present in the United States can be held accountable here for the worst human rights abuses, no matter where they occur - will remain intact...Shell is accused of conspiring with and abetting the Nigerian military in committing crimes against humanity and illegal executions of the Ogoni people, who opposed Shell's oil operations in their territory. And Shell is arguing to the Supreme Court that even if they did these things - even if they asked the Nigerian military to brutally suppress the Ogoni movement, and execute its leaders - they cannot be held responsible, both because the abuses happened in Nigeria and because Shell is a corporation.