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· 4/21/2006

Bancoult, Olivier v. McNamara, Robert S.

Citations

  • 445 F.3d 427
  • 370 U.S. App. D.C. 348
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 10065
  • 2006 WL 1042356

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing \topics that serve as the quintessential sources of political questions: national security and foreign relations\
  • “The courts may not bind the executive’s hands on [political questions], whether directly— by restricting what may be done—or indirectly—by restricting how the executive may do it.”
  • “The courts may not bind the executive’s hands on [political questions], whether directly — by restricting what may be done — or indirectly — by restricting how the executive may do it.”
  • dismissing complaint on political question ground

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tatel, Brown, Griffith

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