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Zadvydas v. Davis

SCOTUS · Decided Decided

Case Overview

Read the post-removal-period detention statute to contain a reasonable-time limit, presumptively six months, because indefinite detention of admitted aliens would raise serious constitutional doubts. The keystone of modern detention litigation.


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