Zadvydas v. Underdown, No. 97-31345 (5th Cir.) (185 F.3d 279) (August 11, 1999) (Judge Will L. Garwood)
Loaded on Sept. 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
September 27, 1999
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Detention - Generally.
Some comments from Justice Black about the parallels between the indefinite detention of illegal aliens by the INS and the practices of some of the most hated and notorious dictatorships in history.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK - Some thoughts on the perpetual detention of unwanted aliens.
“No society …
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- U.S. v. Johnson, No. 98-2517 (7th Cir.) (185 F.3d 765) (July 16, 1999) (Judge Diane P. Wood)
- Zadvydas v. Underdown, No. 97-31345 (5th Cir.) (185 F.3d 279) (August 11, 1999) (Judge Will L. Garwood)
- Gillespie v. City of Indianapolis, No. 98-2691 (7th Cir.) (185 F.3d 693) (July 9, 1999) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
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- Hatch v. District of Columbia, No. 96-7247 (D.C. Cir.) (184 F.3d 846) (July 30, 1999) (Judge David S. Tatel)
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- U.S. v. Worley, No. 97-6374 (6th Cir.) (193 F.3d 381) (September 29, 1999) (Judge Nathaniel R. Jones)
- Martinez v. Albuquerque, No. 98-2235 (10th Cir.) (184 F.3d 1123) (June 15, 1999) (Judge Bobby R. Baldock)
- U.S. v. Torrez-Ortega, No. 97-8094 (10th Cir.) (184 F.3d 1128) (July 1, 1999) (Judge Carlos Lucero)
- U.S. v. Earnest, No. 98-3020 (7th Cir.) (185 F.3d 808) (July 21, 1999) (Judge Michael S. Kanne)
- U.S. v. Martinez-Ramos, No. 98-50536 (9th Cir.) (184 F.3d 1055) (July 29, 1999) (Judge Pamela Ann Rymer)
- U.S. v. Cantu, No. 98-40799 (5th Cir.) (185 F.3d 298) (August 11, 1999) (Judge Carl E. Stewart)
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- Gillespie v. City of Indianapolis, No. 98-2691 (7th Cir.) (185 F.3d 693) (July 9, 1999) (Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner)
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