Williams v. Wallace | |
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Court | United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama |
Full case name | Williams v. Wallace |
Decided | March 19 1965 |
Citation | 788 F.2d 1446, 54 USLW 2561, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24696 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Claims upheld by United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, appealed to 11th Circuit. |
Holding | |
Northern District of Georgia ruling partially upheld and partially overturned; plaintiffs were found to have been detained illegally under international law, but that this was superseded by the "controlling executive act" ordered by Meese. | |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Circuit Judges Robert Smith Vance, Frank Minis Johnson, Senior Circuit Judge Clarence W. Allgood |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Johnson, joined by Vance, Allgood |
Laws applied | |
8 U.S.C. ยง 1227, U.S. Const. Amends. V, XIV |