Zadvydas v. Caplinger

How courts have described this case

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

• considering the length of detention and the possibility of eventual deportation
• “[Ojnce it becomes evident that deportation is not realizable in the future, the continued detention of the alien loses its raison d’etre.”
• “Congress did not contemplate permanent detention as a means of punishment for aliens convicted of aggravated felonies who have already served their sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).