Garcia-Mir v. Meese
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Garcia-Mir v. Meese, 788 F.2d 1446 (11th Cir. 1986),[1] was a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the United States could indefinitely detain Cuban refugees who had arrived during the 1980 Mariel boatlift.
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Garcia-Mir v. Meese | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Full case name | Moises Garcia-Mir, Rafael Fernandez-Roque, et al. v. United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, III, et al. |
Decided | April 23 1986 |
Citations | 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; motion for stay denied, 781 F.2d 1450 (11th Cir. 1986) |
Holding | |
Northern District of Georgia ruling overturned in part and affirmed in part; reversing: plaintiffs found to have no protected liberty interests resulting from actions of the executive branch; affirming: plaintiffs have no action under international law. | |
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. § 1227, U.S. Const. Amends. V, XIV |
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