BOUMEDIENE v. BUSH

Nos. 06-1195, 06-1196.

128 S.Ct. 2229 (2008)

553 U.S. 723

171 L.Ed.2d 41

Lakhdar BOUMEDIENE, et al., Petitioners, v. George W. BUSH, President of The United States, et al. Khaled A.F. Al Odah, next friend of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al., Petitioners, v. United States et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman , for Petitioners.

Paul D. Clement , for Respondents.

Stephen H. Oleskey , Robert C. Kirsch , Mark C. Fleming , Joseph J. Mueller , Pratik A. Shah , Lynne Campbell Soutter , Jeffrey S. Gleason , Lauren G. Brunswick , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Seth P. Waxman , Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Jonathan G. Cedarbaum , Michael J. Gottlieb , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Douglas F. Curtis , Paul M. Winke , Anne K. Small , David S. Lesser , Julian Davis Mortenson , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, for Boumediene Petitioners.

Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Peter D. Keisler , Assistant Attorney General, Gregory G. Katsas , Principal Deputy Associate, Attorney General, Gregory G. Garre , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric D. Miller , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Douglas N. Letter , Robert M. Loeb , August E. Flentje , Pamela M. Stahl , Jennifer Paisner , Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

David J. Cynamon , Matthew J. MacLean , Osman Handoo Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, David H. Remes , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Marc D. Falkoff , DeKalb, IL, for Petitioners Al Odah, et al.

Thomas B. Wilner , Neil H. Koslowe , Amanda Shafer Berman , Michael Y. Kieval , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, John J. Gibbons , Lawrence S. Lustberg , Gibbons P.C., Newark , NJ, Michael Ratner, Gitanjali Gutierrez , J. Wells Dixon , Shayana Kadidal , New York, NY, George Brent Mickum IV , Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, Mark S. Sullivan , Christopher G. Karagheuzoff , Joshua Colangelo-Bryan , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, New York, NY, Pamela Rogers Chepiga , Douglas Cox , Sarah Havens , Julie Withers , Chintan Panchal , Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY, Joseph Margulies , Chicago, IL, Erwin Chemerinsky , Durham, NC, Newark, NJ, Scott Sullivan , Derek Jinks , Kristine Huskey , Austin, TX, Douglas J. Behr , Keller And Heckman LLP, Washington, DC, Clive Stafford   Smith Zachary   Katznelson Reprieve , London EC4P 4WS United Kingdom, for Petitioners.

Walter Dellinger , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., Lt. Cmdr. William C. Kuebler , Rebecca Snyder , Office of Military Commissions, Washington, D.C., for Respondent Omar Khadr.


Petitioners are aliens designated as enemy combatants and detained at the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are others detained there, also aliens, who are not parties to this suit.

Petitioners present a question not resolved by our earlier cases relating to the...

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