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Supreme Court Finds Jurisdiction over U.S. Citizens Detained by U.S. Forces in Iraq, but Rejects Their Requests for Habeas Corpus Relief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2008

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References

1 Munaf v. Geren, 128 S.Ct. 2207 (June 12, 2008); see Linda, Greenhouse Court Hears Arguments on Americans Held in Iraq , N.Y. Times, Mar. 19, 2008, at A19Google Scholar; Carrie, Johnson Ability to Challenge Transfer to Foreign Custody Is Limited Wash. Post, June 13, 2008, at A3Google Scholar; Appeal from Abroad , Editorial, Wash. Post, June 23, 2008, at A14.Google ScholarPubMed

2 John, R. Crook Contemporary Practice of the United States, 102 AJIL 347 (2008).Google Scholar

3 482 F.3d 582 (D.C. Cir. 2007).

4 Omar v. Harvey, 479 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2007)

5 Munaf v. Geren, 128 S.Ct. at 2213.

6 [Editor’s Note: 28 U.S.C. §2241 is the federal habeas corpus statute.]

7 Munaf v. Geren, 128 S.Ct. at 2216–17 (citations omitted).

8 Id. at 2220.

9 Id. at 2221–23 (citations omitted).