Legal Opinion
Rasul v. Myers
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 11, 2008No. 06-5209, 06-5222PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
Separate concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed and Jamal Al-Harith (plaintiffs or detainees) sued former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (Rumsfeld) and defendant military officers1 (defendants) under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, the Geneva Conventions, 6 U.S.T. 3316 and 6 U.S.T. 3516, the Fifth and Eighth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb…
2Cases cited71 opinions
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