Legal Opinion
Falen Gherebi v. George Walker Bush Donald H. Rumsfeld
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2004No. 03-55785PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Partial Concurrence by Judge GRABER
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
This case presents the question whether the Executive Branch may hold uncharged citizens of foreign nations in indefinite detention in territory under the “complete jurisdiction and control” of the United States while effectively denying them the right to challenge their detention in any tribunal anywhere, including the courts of the U.S. The issues we are required to confront are new, important, and difficult.
In the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress…
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- Rasul v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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