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U.S. v. Lin, No. 95-3164 (D.C. Cir.) (101 F.3d 760) (December 10, 1996) (Judge Patricia M. Wald)

This case contains a surprisingly detached analysis of the scope of yet another one of those scary Federal laws that preempt the rights of the States to police their own territories - namely the little-known Hostage Taking Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1203 (the "HTA"). The HTA makes it a Federal ...

 

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