Elcock v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing principle of construction applicable to extradition treaties is “the preference for constructions that promote extradition”
• recognizing double jeopardy as “a widely accepted principle of criminal justice with roots in Roman law” but also noting “there is no international consensus on its precise meaning”
• “executive branch’s construction of a treaty, although not binding on the courts, is entitled to great weight”
• dicta noting that, “it appears relatively clear that use of the term ‘same acts’ in a non bis in idem clause confers broader protection against extradition than a clause that uses the term ‘same offense” ’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).