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14 Detention Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2009
al-Marri v. Spagone
Whether a U.S. resident arrested in the U.S. can be indefinitely detained as an "enemy combatant" in a military brig without criminal charges or trial. CASE DISMISSED
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U.S. Supreme Court
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al-Marri v. Spagone
Whether a U.S. resident arrested in the U.S. can be indefinitely detained as an "enemy combatant" in a military brig without criminal charges or trial. CASE DISMISSED
Mar 2009
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2008
Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States
Whether the detainees at Guantánamo can be deprived of any meaningful right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention without charges or trial. DECIDED
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States
Whether the detainees at Guantánamo can be deprived of any meaningful right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention without charges or trial. DECIDED
Jun 2008
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2004
Rasul v. Bush
Reviewing a ruling that the federal courts are not entitled to hear a claim that detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in violation of the Constitution and international law. DECIDED
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Rasul v. Bush
Reviewing a ruling that the federal courts are not entitled to hear a claim that detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in violation of the Constitution and international law. DECIDED
Jun 2004
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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