Legal Opinion
Nathaniel Holmes v. Melvin Laird, as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 24, 1972No. 71-1518PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents for resolution an issue of potential concern to American servicemen stationed within the territories of our allies under the North Atlantic Treaty, 1 and similarly to the many others assigned to military outposts in other parts of the world. The question is whether a court of the United States is empowered to entertain a claim of illegality in the conviction of two American soldiers in the Federal Republic of Germany with a view to enjoining their surrender for service of their sentences. 2 We have carefully examined the problem…
2Cases cited69 opinions
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- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Harisiades v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Mohammad Sami v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Berlin Democratic Club v. RumsfeldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- Jeffrey Phillip Kamrin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- In the Matter of Extradition of John Edward Burt to the Federal Republic of GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Moyer Reed Plaster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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