Al-Aulaqi v. Obama

Decided December 7, 2010. John D. Bates wrote the opinion for the court.

727 F. Supp. 2d 1 · Cited 66 times

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• United States v. Reynolds · 345 U.S. 1
• Totten v. United States · 92 U.S. 105
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232
• Rosner v. United States · 231 F. Supp. 2d 1202
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Kentucky v. Graham · 473 U.S. 159
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154
• Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit · 507 U.S. 163
• United States v. King · 395 U.S. 1
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447
• Dugan v. Rank · 372 U.S. 609
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · 227 U.S. 59
• Oetjen v. Central Leather Co. · 246 U.S. 297
• Abu Ali v. Ashcroft · 350 F. Supp. 2d 28
• Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police v. Ashcroft · 185 F. Supp. 2d 9
• Mujica v. Occidental Petroleum Corp. · 381 F. Supp. 2d 1164
• In Re Xe Services Alien Tort Litigation · 665 F. Supp. 2d 569
• Ali Shafi v. Palestinian Authority · 686 F. Supp. 2d 23
• Pitney Bowes Inc. v. United States Postal Service · 27 F. Supp. 2d 15
• Forti v. Suarez-Mason · 672 F. Supp. 1531
• Forti v. Suarez-Mason · 694 F. Supp. 707
• Reed v. Islamic Republic of Iran · 439 F. Supp. 2d 53
• Al Maqaleh v. Gates · 604 F. Supp. 2d 205
• Lepelletier v. Federal Deposit Insurance · 977 F. Supp. 456

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