Chagos Islands dispute
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| Bancoult v. McNamara | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Full case name | Olivier Bancoult, et al. v. Robert S. McNamara, et al. |
| Argued | February 16, 2006 |
| Decided | April 21, 2006 |
| Citation(s) | 445 F.3d 427 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | Injunction denied, 227 F. Supp. 2d 144 (D.D.C. 2002); dismissed, 370 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004). |
| Subsequent history | Cert. denied, 549 U.S. 1166 (2007). |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | David S. Tatel, Janice Rogers Brown, Thomas B. Griffith |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Brown, joined by unanimous |
Bancoult v. McNamara, 445 F.3d 427 (D.C. Cir. 2006), was a legal case in which Olivier Bancoult sued Robert McNamara, the former United States Secretary of Defense, challenging the removal of Chagosians from Diego Garcia when the United States of America built a military base in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the case raised nonjusticiable political questions and dismissed the case.