· 4/15/2024
GEORGE ALEXANDER v. RANSOM RABUN
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that the SOFA with Japan “leave[s] the United States with substantially greater authority to regulate conduct than the host country”
- highlighting how, under the doctrine, \[c]ourt[s] interpret[] ... [a] statute so as to avoid embroiling the nation in a foreign policy dispute unforeseen by either the President or Congress\
- highlighting how, under the doctrine, “[c]ourt[s] interpret!] ... [a] statute so as to avoid embroiling the nation in a foreign policy dispute unforeseen by either the President or Congress”
- stating “the presumption does not apply where the legislation implicates concerns that are not inherently domestic.”
- asking, with respect to property leased by embassy abroad, \whether the United States enjoys such control over the area that the law should constructively regard it as United States territory\
- addressing 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2242, both of which “proscribe sexual assault within the ‘special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,’ a phrase defined by 18 U.S.C. § 7”
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