Legal Opinion
United States v. Milton Gatlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 15, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The question presented, as a matter of first impression for this Court, is whether a civilian may be prosecuted in federal court for conduct on a United States military installation overseas. For many years, it was standard practice to try civilians who committed crimes while accompanying the military in military courts martial. See, e.g., Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., JUSTICE UNDER FlRE: A STUDY OF MILITARY Law 55-111 (1974). However, in a series of cases beginning with Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1, 77 S.Ct. 1222, 1 L.Ed.2d 1148 (1957), the Supreme Court ruled this…
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