Legal Opinion

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 28, 2004No. 03-6696PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

542 U.S. 507 (2004)

HAMDI ET AL.

v.

RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ET AL.

No. 03-6696.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued April 28, 2004.

Decided June 28, 2004.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

JUSTICE O'CONNOR, joined by THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE KENNEDY, and JUSTICE BREYER, concluded that although Congress authorized the detention of combatants in the narrow circumstances alleged in this case, due process demands that a citizen held in the United States as an enemy combatant be given a meaningful opportunity to contest the factual basis for that detention…

Also in this document: Judgment of the Court · O'Connor; Judgment of the Court · O'Connor; Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent · Scalia; Dissent · Thomas.

2Cases cited80 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Castillo v. County of Los AngelesDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2013
  2. Zadvydas v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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