National Security Law

Cases

Alien Tort Claims Act

Alien Tort Claims Act cannot be used for breach of medical research ethics - Adamu v. Pfizer, Inc., 399 F.Supp.2d 495 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (remanding case)

Saleh v. Titan - 2007

Turkman v. Ashcroft, 2006

Court holds torture violates Jus Cogens in Alien Tort Claim case - Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2nd Cir. 1980)

General Cases

Court analyses material support to terrorists - United States v. Abu-Jihaad, No. 3:07CR57 (D. Conn. 03/04/2009)

Can anyone show standing to contest national security communications interception - American Civil Liberties Union v. National Sec. Agency, 493 F.3d 644 (6th Cir.(Mich.) 2007) 

Boumediene v. Bush, 476 F.3d 981, 375 U.S.App.D.C. 48 (D.C.Cir. 2007) - GITMO detainee case with a history of habeas corpus for aliens

Mayfield v. United States (D. Or. Sep. 26, 2007) - Oregon Federal District Court strikes Patriot Act provisions adopting the signficant purpose test for warrants under FISA, which allows warrantless searches when the primary purpose of the search is collecting criminal evidence, rather than collecting evidence of national security threats.

Court holds military tribunals do not have jurisdiction over Guantanamo detainees - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S.Ct. 2749 (2006)

Federal tort claims act does not apply to actions outside the U.S. - Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 124 S.Ct. 2739, 542 U.S. 692, 159 L.Ed.2d 718 (2004)

US Courts have Jurisdiction of Claims of Foreign Detainees - Rasul v. Bush, 124 S.Ct. 2686 (2004)

Jurisdiction for Habeas Corpus of US Detainees- Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 124 S.Ct. 2711 (2004)

Military cannot deny habeas corpus to citizen detainee - Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 124 S.Ct. 2633 (2004)

Good review of video surveillance by the government - United States v. Koyomejian, 946 F.2d 1450 (9th Cir. 1991)

Congress may limit but not abolish due process rights for national security employees - Webster v. Doe, 108 S. Ct. 2047, 486 U.S. 592 (1988)

Does Jus Cogens apply in the U.S? - Committee of U.S. Citizens Living in Nicaragua v. Reagan, 89 F.2d 929 (D.C.Cir. 1988)

Good review of the 4th Amendment Warrant Clause - Payton v. New York, 100 S. Ct. 1371, 445 U.S. 573 (1980)

Reid v. Covert, 77 S. Ct. 1222, 354 U.S. 1 (1957) - Dependents of military personnel cannot be tried under the UCMJ without a jury.

U.S. v. Reynolds, et al., 73 S. Ct. 528, 345 U.S. 1 (1953) - Supreme Court creates official secrets exception to discovery

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) - Court limits presidential power to seize private property

Supreme Court Upholds Detention of Japanese Americans - Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, 65 S. Ct. 193, 89 L. Ed. 194 (1944) - Companion cases to Korematsu - explores the exemption process for detainees - Ex parte Mitsuye Endo, 323 U.S. 283 (1944); Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81, 95, 63 S.Ct. 1375, 1383, 87 L.Ed. 1774 (1943) - Court Reverses Korematsu Conviction - Korematsu v. U.S., 584 F.Supp. 1406, 16 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1231 (N.D.Cal. Apr 19, 1984)

Supreme Court addresses the delegation doctrine for national security powers - United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. et al., 299 U.S. 304 (1936)

Supreme Court rules that the draft is constitutional - Selective Draft Law Cases., 38 S. Ct. 159, 245 U.S. 366 (1918)

Federal destruction of property for public protection is not a taking - Juragua Iron Company v. United States., 29 S. Ct. 385, 212 U.S. 297 (1909)