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Today’s Orders | 12.15.08

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

A copy of today’s orders list is now available here. The Court granted, vacated, and remanded the D.C. Circuit’s decision in Rasul v. Myers (08-235), filings for which are available after the jump.

Docket: 08-235
Title: Rasul, et al. v. Myers, et al.
Issue: Whether a suit by former Guantanamo prisoners against military officials for alleged torture and religious humiliation was improperly dismissed.

• Opinion below (D.C. Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner?s reply
• Brief amici curiae of National Institute of Military Justice and Military Law, et al. (in support of petitioners)

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