Legal Opinion
Bissonette v. Haig
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1986No. 84-2617PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
The complaint in this case alleges, among other things, that plaintiffs were seized and confined within the Village of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by defendants, and that defendants accomplished this seizure and confinement by use of the United States Army, in violation of the Posse Com-itatus Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1385. That statute makes it a felony to use the United States Army for domestic law-enforcement purposes, unless the use is expressly authorized by the Constitution itself or Act of Congress. The complaint alleges that defendants’ acts violated not only the Posse…
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