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BANCOULT v. McNAMARA

No. 05-5049.

445 F.3d 427 (2006)

Olivier BANCOULT, et al., Appellants v. Robert S. McNAMARA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell Chichester, student counsel, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief was Michael E. Tigar. Aaron Lloyd, Ali A. Beydoun, Christine Parsadaian, Courtney J. Nogar, Debra L. Spinelli-Hays, Emily Creighton, James B. Cowden, Jennifer Dodenhoff, Karen Corrie, Laura Rotolo, Melissa Mandor, and Timothy L. Foden, student counsel, entered appearances.

Mark R. Freeman, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Daniel Meron, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Mark B. Stern, Attorney. Dana J. Martin, Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: TATEL, BROWN and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we confront serious allegations involving events occurring forty years ago on the far side of the world. Appellants claim the United States government forcibly removed them from their homes on islands in the Indian Ocean in order to construct a military base. The district court dismissed all of Appellants' claims against the United States and the individual defendants....

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