Legal Opinion
Bancoult v. McNamara
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 2002No. Civil Action 01-2629 RMUPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
URBINA, District Judge.
Ordering Further Briefing on Defendant United States’ Motion to Dismiss; Granting Defendant DCDM’s Motion to Dismiss; Denying the Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction; and Striking the Plaintiffs’ Motion for an Antisuit Injunction and Sanctions Against Defendant DCDM
I. INTRODUCTION
This action takes us to the middle of the Indian Ocean, to the tiny islands of the Chagos Archipelago (“Chagos”). The plaintiffs are indigenous Chagossians, their survivors, and their direct descendants (“the plaintiffs”). They bring this action against the United…
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