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Boumediene v. Bush
Al Odah v. US
No. 06-1195, 06-1196
Title:
Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. v. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al.
Khaled A. F. Al Odah, Next Friend of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al. v. United States
Subject:
Guantanamo, Military Commissions Act, Habeas Corpus, Imprisonment, Civil Procedure
Questions:
- Whether the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat.
2600, validly stripped federal court jurisdiction over habeas corpus petitions filed by
foreign citizens imprisoned indefinitely at the United States Naval Station at
Guantanamo Bay.
- Whether Petitioners' habeas corpus petitions, which establish that the United
States government has imprisoned Petitioners for over five years, demonstrate
unlawful confinement requiring the grant of habeas relief or, at least, a hearing on
the merits.
Decisions:
Resources:
- Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket
Briefs:
Counsel of Record
For Petitioner:
Seth P. Waxman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Washington, DC
For Respondent:
Karma B. Brown
Hunton & Williams LLP
Washington, DC
Amici Briefs In Support of Petitioners
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Justice
Brief of Retired Military Officers
Brief of the American Bar Association
Brief of Canadian Parliamentarians and Professors of Law
Brief for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Brief of Federal Courts and International Law Professors
Brief of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida
Brief of Former United States Diplomats
Brief of the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations
Brief of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Brief of Legal Historians
Brief of Amnesty International, et al.
Brief of Specialists in Israeli Military Law and Constitutional Law
Brief of Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction
Brief of International Humanitarian Law Experts
Brief of United States Senator Arlen Specter
Brief on Behalf of Former Federal Judges
Brief of National Institute of Military Justice
Brief of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Brief of 383 United Kingdom and European Parliamentarians
Brief of Salim Hamdan as Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Cato Institute As Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Brief of International Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent Omar Khadr
Brief for Respondent Omar Khadr Supporting Petitioners
Amici Briefs in Support of Respondents
Brief of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Brief of the American Center for Law and Justice
Brief of the Foundation For Defense of Democracies, et al.
Brief of Retired Generals and Admirals, et al.
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