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Supreme Court Review Conference: Important Decisions of the 2007-2008 Term
Sponsored by the Western New England College School of Law
Institute for Legislative and Govenmental Affairs
November 1, 2008
List of Principal Cases
1. Boumediene v. Bush, 128 S.Ct. 2229 (2008)(holding that the Habeas Corpus Clause applies to non-citizens detained by the United States at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba).
2. Munaf v. Green, 128 U. S. 2207 (2008)(holding that the habeas corpus jurisdictional statute, 28 U.S.C. 2241 (c) (1), extends to American citizens held abroad by American military forces).
3. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004)..
4. Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S 266 (2004).
5. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006).
6. Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S.763 (1950).