Bancoult v. McNamara

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.

Bancoult v. McNamara
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 action(s)	Injunction denied, 227 F. Supp. 2d 144 (D.D.C. 2002); dismissed, 370 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004).
Subsequent action(s)	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

See also

• Political question doctrine

External links

• Text of Bancoult v. McNamara, 445 F.3d 427 (D.C. Cir. 2006) is available from:  Google Scholar  Justia  D.C. Circuit (slip opinion)