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Vance v. Rumsfeld, No. 10-1687 (7th Cir.) (653 F.3d 591) (August 8, 2011) (Judge David F. Hamilton)

Loaded on Aug. 22, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists August 22, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, U.S. Citizens in Iraq.

Here the Court held that former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld may be sued personally for damages by two U.S. citizens who claimed they were unjustly imprisoned and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq in violation of their constitutional rights.

Vance v. Rumsfeld, 653 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. Aug. 8, ...

 

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