Bancoult v. McNamara
Bancoult v. McNamara | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
Full case name | Olivier Bancoult, et al. v. Robert S. McNamara, et al. |
Argued | February 16, 2006 |
Decided | April 21, 2006 |
Citation | 445 F.3d 427 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Injunction denied, 227 F. Supp. 2d 144 (D.D.C. 2002); dismissed, 370 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004). |
Subsequent history | Cert. denied, 549 U.S. 1166 (2007). |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | David S. Tatel, Janice Rogers Brown, Thomas B. Griffith |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Brown, joined by unanimous |
Bancoult v. McNamara, 445 F.3d 427 (D.C. Cir. 2006), was a legal case in which Olivier Bancoult sued Robert McNamara, the former United States Secretary of Defense, challenging the removal of Chagosians from Diego Garcia when the United States of America built a military base in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the case raised nonjusticiable political questions and dismissed the case.
See also
External links
- Text of Bancoult v. McNamara, 445 F.3d 427 (D.C. Cir. 2006) is available from: Google Scholar Justia D.C. Circuit (slip opinion)
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Chagos Islands dispute
- 2000 Bancoult (No 1) EWHC
- 2006 Bancoult v. McNamara D.C. Cir.
- 2008 Bancoult (No 2) UKHL
- 2012 Chagos Islanders v UK ECtHR
- 2015 Mauritius v UK PCA
- 2016 Bancoult (No 2) UKSC
- 2018 Bancoult (No 3) UKSC
- 2019 Chagos advisory opinion ICJ