Legal Opinion
United States v. Ali
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 13, 2012No. Criminal No. 2011-0106PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.
On November 7, 2008, pirates attacked and seized the M/V CEC Future as it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden, near the Horn of Africa. They held the ship and its crew hostage in order to secure a ransom from Clipper Group A/S, the ship’s owner. Clipper paid $1.7 million on January 14, 2009, and the pirates disembarked the ship over the following two days.
The hijacking of the CEC Future was typical of a relatively recent phenomenon: “Somali pirate attacks, designed to seize a merchant ship and then return with the vessel and its crew to…
2Cases cited89 opinions
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Ali AliCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- United States v. Mohammad ShibinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
- United States v. Valderrama CarvajalDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- United States v. AliDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- United States v. AliDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
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