Legal Opinion
Tartabull v. Thornburgh
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 18, 1990No. Civ. A. 90-2185, 90-2192 to 90-2194, 90-2202, 90-2205 to 90-2208, 90-2262 to 90-2265, 90-2269, 90-2283, 90-2316, 90-2317, 90-2328 to 90-2330, 90-2360 to 90-2363, 90-2369, 90-2370, 90-2400, 90-2595 and 90-2596PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MENTZ, District Judge.
The petitioners in this case are citizens of Cuba who arrived in the United States during the 1980 Mariel boatlift (the Freedom Flotilla). They are being detained under the civil immigration detention powers conferred on the Attorney General by the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. sections 1101-1524. The petitioners seek habeus .corpus relief, 1 alleging that (1) the Act does not authorize the Attorney General to detain them indefinitely; (2) even if the Act does give the Attorney General the power to detain them indefinitely, the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Nishimura Ekiu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- The Paquete HabanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ramos v. ThornburghDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1991
- Fragedela v. ThornburghDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1991
- Cruz-Elias v. United States Attorney GeneralDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
- Gonzalo v. ThornburghDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1991