Legal Opinion
Medellin v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 25, 2008No. 06-984PublishedCited by 521 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), located in the Hague, is a tribunal established pursuant to the United Nations Charter to adjudicate disputes between member states. In the Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U. S.), 2004 I. C. J. 12 (Judgment of Mar. 31) (Avena), that tribunal considered a claim brought by Mexico against the United States. The ICJ held that, based on violations of the Vienna Convention, 51 named Mexican nation *498als were entitled to review and reconsideration of their state-court convictions and sentences in the United States. This was so…
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